Welcome to Keep Safe On The Net.
The place where Romance Scammers And Online Scams started – before we ventured onto YouTube.
Our YouTube videos are now added automatically to this blog.
If you’ve fallen for a scam and would like to tell your story anonymously, email help@keepsafeonthenet.co.uk
Ways To Support The Channel.
Tap on the “Thanks” button under a video
Buy Me A Cuppa here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/romancescammers
Buy one of Annie’s novels about romance scams:
Seraphina – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QQLKS35
Denise – https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Morell-Investigates-Investigates-Romance-ebook/dp/B09VCWLQL3/
New invitation is waiting for your response
Imperial Visas
I don’t know who these people are or whether they are even remotely legitimate.
I DO know that they came to this site – a site dedicated to scams – and posted the following as a comment on a post about a FAKE conference. Doesn’t give you a lot of confidence in their services or their ability to read, does it? Also, would you approach a service who can’t, apparently, spell immigration (take a look at that web address that they left on this site)
My advice? If you want a UK visa, or any visa, contact your local High Commission or Embassy. They will tell you how to obtain one legitimately and legally so that you can work, remain in your chosen country and have a life – rather than find yourself in jail or deported.
UK Immigration – Imperial Visas
UK Immigration British Citizenship is a Different form of British Nationality that is defined in the British Nationality act 1981.
Keywords: –
UK Immigration
Contact Us:-
Location: 2nd Floor Cygnet House,
12-14 Sydenham Road Croydon
Surrey CR0 2EE
Telephone: +44 0203 627 4777
Email: aaaa@aaaaaaa.com
http://imperialvisas.com/uk-immirgration.html
Facebook account
I have to confess I was fooled by this one and clicked on the link. My anti-virus immediately alerted that the link was taking me to a page infected by a trojan.
When I looked again, I realised that although the domain in question does have a Facebook page, the email address it was sent to wasn’t the one associated with the page.
If you hover over the links in the email (DON’T CLICK) you will see that they don’t go to Facebook.
If you think malware might have got onto your computer, download and scan it with malwarebytes (malwarebytes.org)
facebook
Hi help@mydomain.com,
You have blocked your Facebook account. You can reactivate your account whenever you wish by logging into Facebook with your former login email address and password. Subsequently you will be able to take advantage of the site as before
Kind regards,
The Facebook Team
Sign in to Facebook and start connecting
Sign in
Please use the link below to resume your account :
http://www.facebook.com/home.php
This message was sent to help@mydomain.com. If you don’t want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please click: unsubscribe.
Facebook, Inc. Attention: Department 415 P.O Box 10005 Palo Alto CA 94303
VIEW THE ATTACHED FILE FOR YOUR WININNIG INFORMATION
This scammer can’t decide whether Face-book is a hyphenated word or two words – face book. Which is odd, ‘cos my account says it is called Facebook (all one word). I also find it a little strange that a prize draw that (allegedly) took place in South Africa should give me UK address. However, I will give this scammer credit for the acronym they have come up with for their fake draw – DRIPS. Kind of sums it up really.
If you reply to this “drip” you will find yourself being asked to send money to pay for fees. You haven’t won anything – neither have I. Ignore this scammer.
FACE-BOOK ONLINE SPLASH PROMOTION 2012
PLOT 101 CORNHILL LONDON EC7V9NP.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Congratulations!!!
You have been selected as one (1) of (15) winners in this
months Face-book online splash promo selected from all
regions by our internet processing unit. Our fifteen (15)
winners have been selected from five continents currently
connected to the Face book network South Africa.
Award Attached to ticket number (5647600545189) and
ballot number (BLT: 12052006/20).
Your User name as the 5th beneficiary in this promo was
chosen at random by our Digital Random Internet Processing
Service Asia Pacific (D.R.I.P.S) and your reward is coming
from the interests generated from advertising and copyrights
from the Face-book network South Africa. Congratulations once
again from Face book, You are entitled to a surprise package
worth the sum of $750,000. ( Seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars Only).
Contact Our SOUTH AFRICA DISTRICT Online Coordinator directly
with the below information;
Mr. Carlos Moore
Email: mrcarlosmoore1@gmail.com
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
COUNTRY/NATIONALITY:
YOUR EMAIL :
OCCUPATION:
TICKET NUMBER :…(5647600545189)
BALLOT NUMBER:….(BLT: 12052006/20)
Do not disclose this to any one on till you claim your price
for security reasons. we have had cases where the last
winners complain of someone else claiming their prices.
Mr. Carlos Moore
Fiduciary Agent Face-Book Team.
Face book ? 2012 ? English
mariusloaninvestment
I’ve said many times before on here, and I’ll say it again now, that loan scammers are the thickest and most stupid on the planet. Here’s another one just to prove it. This idiot didn’t send his scam offer to me by email – no. He left it as a comment on a post about ……………… scam loan offers! I didn’t want to disappoint him, so I’ve given him a post of his own.
ALL these ridiculous low interest loan offers with hotmail/gmail/aol/ANOther email are ALL scams. If you make the mistake of replying you will find yourself paying “fees” for your non-existent loan. This idiot doesn’t have any money to loan you – he’s hoping to get his hands on your money.
If you need a loan, approach your local bank or credit union. NEVER take a loan unless you know exactly how much you will be asked to pay back.
We offer lowest interest rate 3% and its fixed with best match loan including loans for applicants with impaired or bad credit, once you complete the application form below we will proceed with the approval of a suitable loan for you.Just think of what you could do with a significant boost to your bank account or cash reserves. Pay off existing debts -reduce your monthly outgoings by consolidating any existing personal loans and credit card debts.EMAIL US VIA: mariusloaninvestment@hotmail.com
Please fill in the short form below
Name:
Age:
Sex:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Monthly Income:
Amount to borrow:
Loan Duration:
Purpose of Loan:
House No. & Street:
Country of Residence:
Home Phone No:
Mobile No:
In acknowledgment to these details,We will send you a well calculated Terms and Conditions which will include the agreement.
Regards,
Mr. Marius Wilson.
Vouchers for iPhone
DO NOT click on the link in this email. It doesn’t go to Apple, it goes to a scam website where they ask you for information about your phone. (DON’T DO THIS – I went there and entered fake info and was then diverted to the real Apple site). The scammer is after information about your iphone. I don’t even own one, I’m an Android girl!
Dear Apple Customer,
We are giving away free £100 voucher to everybody who has an Iphone,
this is just a pay back for our customers for making our product the best
selling phone of all time
Please follow the link to fill in your details and you will receive your voucher
by text automatically which can be redeem immediately. We will send you a
link for where to redeem your voucher ones your details has been processed
and this will take 3 days.
http://www.apple.com/uk/
.
Copyright © 1999-2012 Apple Store. All rights reserved.
Please do not reply to this e-mail as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
Congratulations You Have Won !!
This scammer tells me I have won a “CONSOLATION PRIZE”. I think he might need to learn to use a dictionary to find out what a consolation prize really is. I suppose it doesn’t really matter as I haven’t won anything – neither have you.
As I’ve said many times, you can’t win a lottery or prize draw that you haven’t entered and no-one ever runs random email draws. Every single one of them is a scam – with a scammer hoping you will start to send them your money.
Google Corporation®
Belgrave House,
76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom.
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!
Ref NO: GCS/G6I/88809
Batch: GUK/679/33/097I
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our winners selected this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to the Google search engine. Google is now the biggest search engine Worldwide and in an effort to make sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, we ran an online e-mail beta test which your email address won 950,000.00 GBP {Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling}.
A winning Cheque will be issued in your name by Google Promotion Board, and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winning Cheque. In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants / non participants of this program. Kindly fill-in the verification and fund release form below.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address:
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers:
(3) Your Nationality/Country:
(4) Your Full Name:
(5) Sex:
(6) Occupation:
(7) Age:
(8) Ever won an online lottery?
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to file for your prize claim, kindly contact your CLAIMS agent.
CONTACT CLAIMS OFFICE:
Google Promotion Board
Dr. David Cohen
davidccohenn@gmail.com
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent. Ref NO: GCS/G6I/88809, Batch: GUK/679/33/097I.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Lawrence Page
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
©2012 Google Corporation.
Loans available apply now
This idiot seems to suffer from a basic inability to use a well known search engine. “Clifford Chance” (if they will forgive me for saying this) are indeed located at 10 Upper Bank Street. However, they are a an international law firm not the name of a place in London. They don’t offer finance by random email and if, unlike this stupid scammer, you are able to use Google you will find they don’t use a mobile phone number or an aol.com email address.
Ignore this scammer – whose only aim is to get you to send him your money to pay “fees” for your non-existent loan.
GLOBAL FINANCE
10 Upper Bank street, Clifford Chance
London, U.K. phone: +447045728997
* Are you financially Squeezed?
* Do you seek funds to pay off credits and debts
* Do you seek finance to set up your own business?
* Are you in need of private or business loans for various purposes?
* Do you seek funding for various other processes?
* Choose between 1 to 10 years to repay.
We give out loans to all categories of people, firms, companies, schools, industries etc.
we finance your business/homes at very cheap and moderate rates, We are trusted, reliable and dynamic.
Contact us now via email: globefinloansec@aol.com
Give Away Number:1400/ WINNING NUMBERS:64-57-81-76-67-23
No company anywhere, ever holds random email draws for no reason. They are all scams. The scammer will start demanding money to pay for fees. Ignore all of them.
We are please to announce to you that your email address
emerged along side 4 others as a category 2 winner in this
year’s weekly Publishers Clearing House Consequently. You
have won One million dollars and therefore been approved
for a total pay out of One million dollar($1,000,000.00USD)
The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:
WINNING NUMBERS:64-57-81-76-67-23
Email, ticket number: FL 754/22/76
Give Away Number:1400
Please contact the underlined claims officer with the
Contact info below:
AGENT: MR.DAVID VAN PETERS
EMAIL: pchprizeclaims@itbox.ro
TELEPHONE: +44-703-596-6059
Winner you are to send the details below to process the
Immediate payment
of your prize
=======================
1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Email:
4. Sex:
5. Age:
6.Telephone:
7. Nationality:
8. Present Country:
9. Occupation:
=======================
Please note that the information required will not be furnished to any third party and will be used for the purpose at which it is required. Beneficiaries are warned to keep their claims confidential until they have completed the remittance process to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
=======================
!!!Once Again Congratulations!!!
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Reyna Cruz
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
Representatives throughout Europe being actively recruited
As I often say on here, no company anywhere ever needs someone else to use their bank account to handle payments. All legitimate companies have their own bank accounts. This is a scammer – who is hoping the promise of a large salary will fool you into applying for this fake job. The scammer will then pretend to pay you, ask you to forward money, then the original payment will be withdrawn by your bank as fraudulent, leaving you out of pocket.
britishjobscouk.com was registered yesterday to someone who is allegedly called Patricia Hamilton and claims to live in Florida. Given that she claims to live in “Star Trek Drive”, I doubt he or she has much grasp on reality when it comes to giving legitimate domain registration information! The domain registration company is Chinese. Britishjobscouk is a strange name for a company based in Gibralter??
Our business offers a 5k EURO monthly wage to a possible employee originating out of Europe
to help us allocate invesments throughout the Information Technology segment of the marketplace.
Our corporation is based in Gilbratar and we offer our services mostly in the IT and E-Commerce segments.
There is no initial investment required from you and this position does not necessitate a change in locale.
Rep’s main activities:
– Representative will be processing fund transfers from his/her bank account.
This is done through the submission of outward bound payments that have been previously sent to your account.
Therefore it is mandated that you have at least a fundamental understanding
of banking and payment sending processes and procedures.
– There is a 5 % bonus in addition to the 5k EURO monthly wage for each funds transfer that you complete!
What we must have from you:
– Must exist as owner of a LLC or related type company or hold Power of Attorney or likewise
– Retain a current, working, bank account
– Must prove to maintain a level of efficiency in the processing of funds transfers
– Email must be checked every day
– Record maintenance for each payment transfer process is mandated
If this position interests you, do send these details listed below to our company email:
– Your Complete Name
– Your Telephone # in the International Format
– Email address
– Age You Are Now
– Name of Company You Own or Hold POA over
Please do respond to: Wade@britishjobscouk.com
Order NR1445…. Your order # NR15-4855 has been completed
DON’T open the attached file. It’s a .zip file and probably contains a trojan that will infect your computer.
You haven’t ordered tickets from Delta and neither have I. If you have ordered tickets, ignore this email and check directly with the Delta Airlines website.
When I highlighted the text of this fake email to add it to this site, I could see there were three lines of nonsense text at the end, in white so that they were invisible.
Order Notification,
E-TICKET NUMBER / EH599341544
SEAT / 68F/ZONE 3
DATE / TIME 1 OCTOBER, 2012, 12:15 PM
ARRIVING / Fremont
FORM OF PAYMENT / CC
TOTAL PRICE / 288.26 USD
REF / EF.4090 ST / OK
BAG / 1PC
Your ticket is attached.
You can print your ticket.
Thank you
Delta Air Lines.
Ellison plans to experiment on his Hawaiian island
Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year
Pope’s butler: I leaked documents for the good of the church
Bux Inc
I’m a member of several online forums. On one of them someone asked if Bux Inc (dot com) was legitimate or a scam.
Ok – what do I think?
- The site claims you will be paid $5 every time you “view” one of their adverts for 30 seconds. Sounds good, I mean $5 for 30secs, that’s $10 a minute or $600 an hour. Clearly I’m in the wrong job!
- They claim they will pay you when your account balance reaches $5000. What? I can’t wait.
- I signed up, obviously, because I love a scam challenge. In the time it’s taken me to write this post I’ve earned $35.
I took a look at how much they, allegedly, “charge” if you want to advertise on their site. Obviously all these $5 payouts have to come from somewhere. Or do they?
- They have an array of advertising options, none of which are explained.
- They include “featured ad views” for $2.50. Ok – I can see a “featured ad” – it’s a link on their main site
- Are there any prices for PPV (pay per view) ads? The very ones their members are, supposedly, being paid to view? Of course there aren’t. I’ll take bets that all of the sites that are served to unsuspecting viewers are owned by the same people that own the main site.
Do you see what I’m getting at? There is no option for a website owner to pay $5 (+) to have their site viewed for 30s. So where is the money coming from?
It’s fairly obvious that the money isn’t coming from anywhere, nor is it being paid to anyone.
Think about it. How many website owners do you really think would pay $5 to have their site shown to someone who has NO INTEREST at all in their site. This site’s members have joined for one reason only – to get paid (which isn’t going to happen). They have zero interest in the pages they are viewing.
An inheritance scam in action
http://keepsafeonthenet.co.uk/scamvictims/ads/inheritance-scams-in-action/
A few days ago I received this scam, and decided to pursue it so I can show you how scams work. You can read the full story by clicking on the link above. You will see that the scammer ends up by asking to be sent £800 by Western Union. If you make the mistake of sending the money, demands for even more will follow.
I am Mrs. Mary Parker an aging widow suffering from long time illness. I have the sum of 7.5 Million Pounds for you to use the fund for God’s work. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Lord’s work, kindly reply me: msmaryparker@tnctr.com Yours in the Lord, Mrs Mary Parker
Online Auction Frauds
A timely reminder from Suffolk Police.
I’ll just add:
- Never post an item overseas until you are certain the money is in your Paypal account
- Never post an item overseas if the buyer pays by cheque – these are almost always fake
- Never sell to a buyer who asks you to remove the item from sale for them.
- Be wary of any buyer who emails you a story, telling you they definitely want the item, etc. Online auction sites are set up so that people can bid and pay online. Be wary of anyone who claims they can’t/won’t/don’t want to.
Police are reminding online sellers to be wary of internet scammers after a Suffolk resident did not receive payment for an iPhone he was selling online.
The man, who lives in the Babergh area, sold the phone through an online auction site earlier in the month. He received a series of e-mails from the fraudulent buyer insisting they would pay the money when the phone was received.
Despite sending the phone to the foreign address provided, payment was not received and the ‘buyer’ has so far proven difficult to trace.
PC Lesley Brown, who works closely with fraud victims, said: “There are many ways to pay for things online that may be legitimate, but are often used by criminals to trick people out of money or avoid payment of an item because they are so difficult to trace.
“We urge people to double check the person or company you are dealing with over the internet or phone. Do some research on the address they’re provided, or look at their user feedback online.
“When making or asking for a payment, be sure you’re using a system that can easily be traced and monitored. Secure payment services such as PayPal are usually best. Check the guidelines on the auction or shopping website you are using to see what they recommend.”
Some further tips for avoiding scams on auction sites:
- Always check your secure payment account, such as PayPal, before posting items. Scammers can win items and then send you a fake payment confirmation by e-mail that appears legitimate at first.
- Such fake emails do not often say what the item is on the header of the email, as a legitimate message from most auction sites will. Don’t click on links in a fake e-mail as you’ll be taken to a false site.
- Don’t allow users to make you an offer before an auction has ended. Taking an item off prematurely means the transaction is not completed through the website, making the ‘buyer’ harder to trace. Use a ‘Buy it Now’ function if necessary.
INVESTMENT PROPOSAL, NO UPFRONT PAYMENT
That rules me out then, I’m not American. I don’t suppose this scammer really cares where you live as long as you are daft enough to be taken in by his story. He’ll happily take your money, wherever you are from. Ignore him.
Dear Sir,
My name is Brien Seedna from Dublin , Ireland . Base on good recommendation that you are a straight forward fellow and reliable to do business with in areas of investment and financial partnering, I am writing to acquaint you of a transaction and monetary transfer of US$12.1 Million.
I need an American partner to have custody of funds and we can invest on Real Estate which is at the low presently.
No financial obligations will be needed of you as long as trust and mutual goals applies. You will not spend a dime to me as we already have all arrangement sorted to swiftly conclude this transfer with you.
I await your urgent response and give me your direct phone number.
Best Regards,
Brien Seedna
Attn:Beneficiary Your Approved ATM Master Card Of $10.5m Dollars
I have an embarrassment of riches due to me from Nigeria, apparently. Some mornings it’s hard to know which money to claim and which to leave. There’s only so much money a girl can spend!
Ignore them all. They are all scammers. You know very well that you aren’t owed millions of dollars from Nigeria, or anywhere else.
Attn:Beneficiary,
Your Payment File has been submitted to this Bank for immediate Payment.Instruction was given and We were Directed by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Finance and AUDITS and United Nations (UN) and (IMF)to transfer fund of $10.5Million(TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLARS) through International ATM VISA Card and deliver to you,which you can use in any near cash point,shopping mall or any bank around you.
You can make withdrawal of money from your International ATM VISA Card from any ATM MACHINE location or outlet of your choice/nearest to you, in any part of the world.Be informed that the office of the presidency on your behalf has secured the approval of your payment of usd$10.5Million(TEN MILLION FIVE Hundred Thousand United State of America Dollars) and also your ATM Debit Card has been upgraded and processed by Intercontinental Bank Plc.
we have down-load the $10.5Million into the ATM DEBIT CARD and in your name ,the password of the ATM VISA CARD will be forwarded to you by our Security Mail Express to your door step Not by DHL OR any other Courier Services for security purposes.
You are advice to forward to this Bank your full contact address to enable us ship your ATM CARD payment to you by a Diplomatic Courier Service which will dispatch your ATM Card to you within 48hrs.forward to this Bank this required information below.
Your Full names
Your physical contact,Home or Office address
your occupation
Your Direct Telephone number and a copy of your identity
Thanks for your co-operation
Yours Faithfully
Mr JOSEPH ADE
Director ATM Swift Card &
Foreign Operation Payment Due Process Unit
Access Bank Plc
Telephone Line
Direct Email: josephade224@e-mail.ua
Telephone Line
Dear Beloved
My online cyber friend decided to reply to this poor, aging widow. She was feeling sorry for her. Altogether now – “aaahhhh”.
I am Mrs. Mary Parker an aging widow
suffering from long time illness. I have the
sum of 7.5 Million Pounds for you to use the
fund for God’s work. Please if you would be
able to use the funds for the Lord’s work,
kindly reply me: msmaryparker@tnctr.com
Yours in the Lord, Mrs Mary Parker
Touched by my cyber friend’s compassion Mrs Mary replied:
Dear Beloved,
I am most grateful for your mail, and I seize this opportunity to thank you for coming to my rescue. However i crave your indulgence to kindly attend to this in good faith as everything is Legal and the funds belongs to my Late husband whom before his death was always helping Charitable organization, Churches and NGO in the world. I hope you were not too embarrassed by my first email to you since you do not know me; I had no option since the family of my husband in and outside Russia refused to distribute my husband funds because they wanted to keep it to them selves. I don’t really know how to move the funds out and dispatched it to charity organizations, so I resulted to putting fate to test and making a random contact, I got your email address from a private search which i did on the internet. I am communicating with only you at this moment with regards to this transaction. And I would not have any cause to do otherwise, except you state your intention to withdraw your assistance. Just like I stated in my first mail to you, this fund is presently with a bank in Malaysia and they would be able to transfer the funds to you immediately if you adhere strictly to their directive. I cannot distribute these funds myself because of the following reasons:
(1) I am undergoing medical treatment and It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now I have only about a few Months to live, according to medical expert’s diagnosis.
(2) I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to give help to charity organizations, churches and NGO, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth before my death. It is for this reasons I am seeking for your assistance to stand as the beneficiary to the fund and retrieve it on my behalf and dispatched it to charity organizations. I will be sending to you some names of these organizations too.
All the necessary documents required to get the Funds out of the bank are with me. However, before I proceed further in giving you the Bank contact, I want you to give me your words that you will be very honest and straight forward with me when the money gets to you and also that you will be able to execute this Project successfully and help me dispatched it to charity organizations.As this is MY LAST WISH BEFORE MY DEATH TO SEE ME CONCLUDE THIS.
Thus, I would want you to get back to me on the following issues if you are ready to assist me:
(1) That you are in a position to be trusted as a God fearing person with such a large amount of fund been entrusted to you. Also, that you will dispatch it to charity organization and churches as I wanted it.
(2) That you are willing to contact the Bank to discuss the terms of activating the dormant account and releasing the funds to you.As soon as I receive your reply that you are ready to proceed under these terms, then I will furnish you with all details including the Bank Name. But if you have any questions to ask me, please ask and I will be more than happy to respond to them immediately.
I will be sending to you all the necessary documentations to conclude this Project.
Looking forward for your reply.
Remain bless.
My imaginary friend is awaiting the “necessary documentations” with baited breath and confidently expects to be asked to send money.
You have changed your email address
What a load of nonsense. Of course it isn’t a criminal offence to enter the wrong information when logging into a website. If it was, thousands (millions) of people would be jailed every day! It’s common for people to mistype their info or forget their password.
This idiot is after your very account details. Presumably so that they can log-in and start spending your money.
If you think you might have accidentally given your details to a scammer, contact your credit card holder immediately so that these scammers can’t use it.
Dear Customer,
You have added tony23bulldog@live.co.uk as a new email address for your Very.co.uk account.
If you did not authorized this change, check with family members and others who may have access to your account first.
If you still feel that an unauthorized person has changed your email, click on “Log On” Very.co.uk link and follow the instructions.
Log On
NOTE: For security reasons, we will record your ip-address, the date and time, Deliberate wrong inputs are criminally pursued and indicated.
Please understand that this is a security measure intended to help protect your account.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporary suspend your account.
Sincerely,
Very.co.uk Department
Copyright © 1999-2012 Shop Direct Limited . All rights reserved.
Please do not reply to this email as this is only a notification. Mail sent to this address can not be resolved.
Reference Number: 91563HP
There are no “email ED” lotteries. Just scammers hoping you will be taken in by their story and will start sending them your money. Don’t fall for it – ignore them all.
Reference Number: 91563HP
Attn:Winner
We hereby wish to inform you that your e-mail ID has Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand dollars won in the first step of our computer ballot email lottery with the said winning numbers giving below;Reference Number: 91563HP,Ticket Number: 7865JG,Batch Number: 2971KL and Lucky Numbers: 8928/12YR
To claim your winning chances, please contact our Claim Processing Department urgently: –
Postcode Nationale Claim Dept.
E-mail: nationalepostcode@ymail.com
Tel: +31 620-078-180
You are also advice to provide them with the following information: –
Your name: –
Phone / Fax: –
Congratulations once again from management and employees of the company.
Sincerely,
Saba Mbixane
www.postcodeloterij.nl
CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK!
Clearly the person who “wrote” this doesn’t speak English. If they do, then they clearly couldn’t be bothered to read what they’d written as it is garbled rubbish.
Just suppose that you had entered a prize draw and won thousands of dollars. Can you imagine the organisation writing to you and saying ” if you are not interested please do not bother to reply.” I seriously think this scammer needs to go back to school.
Just ignore him, he’s an idiot and he’s after your money.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM FACEBOOK!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual Final draws held on the (19TH SEPTEMBER 2012) by Face book group in cash Promotion to encourage the usage of Face book world wide, your javascript:void(0) Name was among the 20 Lucky winners who won $600.000.00USD (Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) each on the Facebook group promotion Award Attached to ticket number (5647600545189) and Ref No (2551256002/244) Serial Number (55643451907).
The online draws was Conducted by a random selection of email you where picked by an Advanced automated random computer search from the Face book in other To claim your $600.000.00USD the lottery program which is a new innovation by Face book, is aimed at saying A BIG THANK YOU to all our users for making Face book their number one means to connect, communicate, relate and hook up with their families and friends over the years.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants and Scam artists All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies’ and 30,000,000 individuals’ email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years. You have to be Rest assured that this is Real and Legal and there are Some Scam artists around…Thanks to the FBI…216 of them have been arrested… The software corporation to encourage some few individuals with web site and email addresses promoted this lottery.
Your name was selected in a raffle that was made 19TH SEPTEMBER 2012 so we need your fast response so that we can proceed with the delivery of your fund .
You are required to contact our dispatch dept via email (facebookaward@usa.com) with information below in order for us to complete your winning certificate and for further information
regarding the disbursement of your lottery win.
FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
NATIONALITY / COUNTRY:
TICKET NUMBER:
REF NUMBER:
SERIAL NUMBER:
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences. Furthermore, if there is any change in email address please contact us on time
Note: Do not reply to these Face Book Account for security purpose reply to the payment department in charge and if you are not interested please do not bother to reply. (TEXT ONLY 407-349-7116)
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM FACEBOOK!
Regards,
Patrick Widen
Promo Coordinator.
24//09//2012-Message Form Opec Online Team!
What a load of rubbish. Why on earth would OPEC randomly decide to send you, or me, or anyone else £1m for no good reason? They wouldn’t and they haven’t. This is a scammer, whose only aim is to get his hands on your money. Ignore him.
You have been nominated to receive the sum of 1,000,000.00 GBP (One Million British Pounds) in the 2012 OPEC Fund for International Development Program.
Your email address attached to secured file #: OPEC/762OFID/UK emerged as a beneficiary in Batch BT-XW-00-AMEA.
Forward the following information’s (Name, Address, Phone, Fax, Age, and Batch Number) to your Fiduciary Agent at the below email:
Email: opecfundsonlinedept@bncpbk.com
Tel: +44 703 598 1430
(Name, Address, Phone, Fax, Age, and Batch Number).
Please include your file #: OPEC/762OFID/UK
With warmest regards,
Dr. Fatma Al Khalaf
Publicity Directorate,
OPEC Fund for International Development Program
Your prompt response highly imperative.
“Barrister Mark Ferguson” appears to be a student or member of staff of a school. This is his email address barr@colegiofayal.com.br. Often I assume that the scammer has hacked someone’s legitimate email address, but the “barr” in this one is too much of a coincidence. Whoever he or she really is, it’s clear that study of the English legal system isn’t on this school’s curriculum (why should it be, they’re Portuguese). “Barristers” don’t work from “Chambers and Advocates” they work from chambers. The big giveaway his claim to be a “personal attorney”. That’s a US term.
Ignore this idiot. He’s after your money. Hopefully his school will find out what is happening and his punishment will be swift.
>From : Barrister Mark Ferguson
Chambers & Advocates
Address: 60 Bays water Road
London W2 3PS , United Kingdom
Tel: +44-701-295-9664
Fax: +44-8704-460-634
Good day.
I am sorry for contacting you through this medium without a previous notice;
I had to use email because it is an official and more confidential way of
making contact with people around the world. My names are Mark Ferguson a
fifty three (53) years old Attorney in practice here in London. I had a
client by name Michelangelo Manini who is an Italian and producer of
electronic gates based in Italy who died on March 17 2012 at the age of 50.
Prior to the Death of my Late Client, He secured a contract of 22,500,000.00
million Pounds from the British Airways, following which he received a 30%
mobilization fee of 6,750,000.00 Million Pounds and successfully executed the
contract, but the balance of 15,750,000.00 Million Pounds contract payment
was in the Process of being transferred into My Late Client’s Account with
BARCLAY`S BANK London which he submitted to the British Airways before he
lost his life in the incidence.
Just one weeks after this sudden Death, The British Airways effected the
transfer of the balance of his Contract Funds into the Account that My Late
Client has on his file with them. As one of his personal attorney here in
London United Kingdom after his death I have been officially notified and
instructed by the BARCLAY`S BANK London where the money is currently
deposited that I should provide and forward the particulars of Mr.
Michelangelo next of kin so that the Funds in his Account can be remitted
into his Next of Kin’s Account in accordance with British Laws. However, as
the personal attorney and close confident of late Mr. Michelangelo, I want
you to know that my late Client died interstate, He died without leaving a
next of kin for this particular will stated, we are to transfer this funds
from the BARCLAY`S BANK London as soon as possible before Andrea Moschetti,
the lawyer appointed by the Catholic Church could discover about this will.
Therefore I am seeking for your consent to present you as the deceased next
of kin and subsequently the beneficiary of the fund so that the proceed of
this account valued at 15,750,000.00 Million Pounds can be paid to you for
subsequent disbursement between you and I.If you can cooperate with me and
receive these funds as next of kin to late Mr. Michelangelo Manini, Confirm
your interest by contacting me through my confidential email above. I can
assure you that the deal is 100% risk free because I am in possession of the
deceased personal file which contains all information which I shall use to
prove your relationship with the deceased therefore the money will be paid
into the account of whomever I present as LATE Mr. Michelangelo Manini Next
of kin with proofs that I will present to the bank when needed, we would both
share in ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you, am giving you 40% from the
total funds due to it matter of urgency.
When I receive a positive response and after proper discussion with you, I
will furnish you all relevant information that will facilitate the release of
the Funds to you. An Application will have to be filed to the Bank for
processing of the release of the Funds into your nominated Bank account
anywhere in the world. please kindly send to me your full name,address,
mobile number and fax for easy communication and do reply me through my
private email address:( barrmarkferguson@hotmail.co.uk )for more
information’s. Hope to hear from you through the above e-mail address.Your
prompt response is highly imperative.
Yours truly,
Barrister Mark Ferguson
Spread the Word
This idiot tells me I should “Spread the Word” – so I’m doing as instructed. Here’s the word “scammer”. He’s a scammer who is after your money. Ignore him.
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES Internal
Audit,Monitoring,Consulting And Investigations Division
Good Day,
This is to inform you that I came back from Africa yesterday,after series of complains
from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia,Europe, Oceania,South America and the
United States of America respectively, against the Ivorian Government, Nigerian
Government and the British Government for the rate of scam activities going on in these
three nations.
I have met with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria,and the British prime minister
David Cameron and they claimed that they have been trying their best to make sure people
received their outstanding payments without any complications. Right now,as directed by
our secretary general Mr.Ban Ki-Moon,We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian
Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria, The police economy in the
Ivory Coast and the British secret intelligence in the U.K and have decided to waive away
all your clearance fees/Charges and authorise the Government to effect the payment of
your compensation of an amount of Four (4) Million United State Dollars approved by both
the British government and the UN into your account without any delay.The only fee you
will pay to confirm your fund in your account is waver clerance certificates to the
United Nations authorized payment institution.
I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best
to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Oscar Reyes
San Diego UPforEd:
http://www.upfored.org/
Swiss Lotto London UK
There is no such thing as the “SWISS-LOTTO Satellite Software email”. As it says at the top of this site – you cannot win a lottery or draw that you haven’t entered. This is a scammer, who is after your money. Ignore him.
SWISS LOTTO LONDON UK
AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K,
82 VICTORIA STREET
VICTORIA LONDON SW1 U.K
http://www.swisslotto.ch
CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON ?750,000 Pounds
You have been awarded ?750,000 Pounds in the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite Software email
Lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website, your email address was amongst those
Chosen this year for the SWISS-LOTTO Satellite lottery. And this promotional program
is proudly sponsored by the SWISS-LOTTO organization.
Your email address attached to Ref number 2, 3, 25, 27, 30, 37, 39 with Serial 2
and consequently won the lottery in the “A” Category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of ?750,000 Pounds. Number 1979-12 drew the lucky
Numbers 101979-12 drew the lucky Numbers please note that you are lucky winning
number falls within our UK Booklet representative. In View of this, your winning
prize will be released to you by our fiduciary agent located In our AFFILIATED OFFICE U.K .Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your winning funds as soon as you Contact them.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning details confidential till your claims is processed and your
Winning funds remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your
prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr. David Barnet Bradley
Email: dbradley24@ymail.com
Tel: +44-703-592-7031
Provide him with the informations as stated below:
(1) Name:
(2) Address:
(3) Marital:
(4) Age:
(5) Sex:
(6) Nationality:
(7) Country of Residence:
(8) Occupation:
(9) Telephone Number:
(10)Fax Number:
(11)Draw Number above:
These details facilitate the due process and the release of winnings to avoid
Unnecessary delays and complications in the processing of your Winnings.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Sincerely,
Mr. Kenneth Gram
Online Games Director
SWISS LOTTO LONDON UK…
http://www.swisslotto.ch
Dear Annie
Just a few days ago I set up an online email address to use with scammers. I replied to one scammer and within hours I received this scam – the scammer even thinks they know my name!
Dear Annie,
This medium of sending out my business intention is really out of my way but i am in a situation that gives me no further time or option. I will not apologize for sending it either because what i am bringing to you is something that you will benefit greatly from if you are interested. Again, is very unfortunate that someone of my status is sending this email because i know the internet has been battered and abused enormously, making it cheap and insecure to see trusted man or woman to entrust such huge sum in their care based on my late husband experience. I will give you further details on this business after i must have been satisfied that you are a transparent business partner who can genuinely control amount worth Thirteen Million United State dollars. I will give you comprehensive details and note this is 100% risk free, meaning no risk involve, i only need absolute trust from you. I plead that you only respond if you are honestly interested and has the capability to control the said amount.
Mrs. Afusat Lamburira
Annie was in a bad mood that day, so she sent the scammer a facetious reply asking why it was “unfortunate that someone of my status” was sending out scam emails, when she thought that was what scammers do!
The scammer is clearly a little lacking in the brains department because he replied:
Dear Annie,
God forbids me sending you scam email. Just ignore if not interested because i have no time for frivolities.
Mrs. Afusat Lamburira
It appears that brains aren’t all that this scammer is lacking. A basic understanding of religion (any religion) seems to be missing too.
Waiting your immediate reply……………………..
I’m tempted to sit on my scanner and send this idiot a “A scan copy of your identity”. (Think about it!!)
Can you really imagine a legitimate barrister (or a solicitor) sending out random emails offering to send millions of pounds to an unknown person? Come to that, can you imagine anyone who has millions of pounds, plus a legal adviser, not having a will?
It’s all a load of old cobblers (quaint English phrase). Ignore this scammer, who wants to get his hands on your cash.
Attention: Sir/Madam,
I am Barrister Edward C. Corrigan, a Barrister & Solicitor. I discovered your
email and information through internet search so I decided to contact
you.
A deceased client of mine who died as the result of a heart-related
condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due to the
death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes
in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 – 2:50 p.m. ET as
reported on http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html
I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind
by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where this deposit valued at TEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
BRITISH POUNDS STERLING.(10,600.000.00 BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) is
lodged, this bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin,
or the account will be confiscated.
My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, so that the proceeds of
this fund can be paid to you, then we can share the amount on a
mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your
claim as my client’s next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is
your honest and your maximum cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through successfully. This will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from many breach of the
law.
If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my
apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the
utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,
whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.
Please if you are ready to work with me kindly provide me with all
this important information’s through my Email:barristeredwardccorrigan2@yahoo.co.jp
so we can proceed immediately:
1. Your full name and contact address
2. Your cell phone/fax
3. Your occupation and age
4. A scan copy of your identity
I also intend to to invest part of this money over there in your country and
also for give some to charity home.
I look forward to hearing from you immediately.
Yours Truly,
Barrister Edward C. Corrigan.
(Barrister & Solicitor).
Tel: +44-703-5944513
Email: barristeredwardccorrigan2@yahoo.co.jp
Please Read Cafefully Concerning Your Bank Draft
I’m not “Alex Ikoku’s” good friend. He has no idea who I am. He certainly isn’t going to send me $1.5m. He isn’t going to send it to you, either. Why not? Because he doesn’t have $1.5m. He’s a scammer – he’s after your money and he will happily take as much of it as you are prepared to send him. Ignore him.
Hello my good friend.
This is Alex Ikoku your friend and formal business associate, I want to inform you that our multi million dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from India who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion, and like I promised, I will never forget your great efforts, sincerity and trust worthiness you shown me during the course of the transaction.
I want to show my appreciation in your past efforts by raising sum of US$1.500, 000.00 certified international bank draft payable in your name at int’l bank in the world, My dear friend I will like you to contact my Secretary in charge of my office now Mr. Mr. Mark Edward on his below direct contact for collection of your bank draft.
CONTACT: Mr. Mark Edward
Email: markedward0045@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: +2348086112379
I authorized him to release the Certified Bank Draft to you whenever you ask him for it. At this moment, I’m very busy here in India for my investment project with new partner. So please contact Mr. Mark and don’t forget to send him your following information to enable him ship your bank draft to you without further delay as I instructed.
Please accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart for your past effort in helping me. Hoping to hear from you sooner as you receive your bank draft
Thanks and God bless you.
I wish you best of luck.
Alex Ikem
Are you dead or Alive
I can’t decide if this scammer has a sense of humour or whether he’s been on the whacky backy. Either way, I can imagine that many of his potential victims are going to be taken in by a scam where a “Mr Cave Man” asks you if you are alive or dead. I’ve replied and told him I died last week and sent him an invitation to my funeral.
I suggest everyone else just ignores him. He wants your money.
FROM: MR CAVE MAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
INSURANCE
COMPANY
Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe in dealing with you in this Mutual Beneficial
transaction. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I
choose to reach you through it because it Still remains the fastest, and
most secured Medium of communication. However, this transaction is purely
private, and it should be treated as such. l also assure you that this
deal is hitch free from all you may think of And I encourage you to read
it to the end so that you Can understand it very well. I am Mr Cave Man.
Executive Director” in charge of Claims and Indemnity of Prudential
Insurance Company. I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality
that will be attached to this deal for the benefit of both of us. The
Management and the Legal /Treasury Department of this Insurance
Company in a recent meeting, Recommended that the any account that the
owner has not service for a very long period, shall be declared Dormant
and confiscated Hence moving such unclaimed benefits fund! so to the
Treasury according to the Banking and Financial law here.
Recently, I came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a customer
who is now a deceased (MR.Sean Burke). He is a foreigner, unfortunately He
is now late as he was amongst those that die in the 1997 Plane crash .
This man was our client and has Life Assurance Policy WORTH the sum of Ten
Million United States Dollars (US$10,000,000.00). Right now, the fund is
lying unclaimed in our custody and there is NO next Of kin mentioned in
his will and there is no how we can reach any of his relatives. All
efforts made by us to establish contacts with any of his relation have
proved abortive and unsuccessful.
His Life Assurance Policy will expire in the next few Months from the date
of this letter. Just last week we received an instruction from Ministry of
Social Welfare to forward particulars of all unclaimed benefits that will
expire in the next few months. Upon my personal finding on this matter, I
kept this Information secret to myself until now that I am contacting you.
In view Of the fact that the Mr. Sean Burke is a foreigner, it is
officially important for the involvement of a Foreigner who will pose as a
next-of-kin. I will use my exalted position in this Insurance Company to
present you as his Next of Kin and stand as his relative, friend or Cousin
and the Money (USD$10Million) will be safely transferred into your own
Bank account in your country. Please include your telephone/fax number/
Home Address When Replying this mail and I will give you more Information
as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this viable
transaction. I will use my exalted position here to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims. The whole Procedures will last only
14 banking working days to get the fund Retrieved successfully without
trace even in the near future. Please I will need the Following:
NAME: ———————-
SURNAME: —————-
SEX: ———————-
AGE:———————–
DOB:——————–
MARITAL:——————
COUNTRY:————-
CITY:——————
STATE:—————
ZIP CODE:—————–
CONTACT ADDRESS——————-
PHONE NO# :——————-
MOBILE NO. ———————–
FAX NO#————————-
OCCUPATION: —————–
POSITION: ——————-
DATE: ————————
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via email
and phone. Send your full name, address and telephone number to me via
email urgently today, so that I will call you for a discussions. After
the successful conclusion of this transaction, we shall share the money
thus 30-70 (30% for you and 70% for me). I await your good and urgent
response today. Thanks and remain bless. I require you to maintain the
confidentiality that this transaction required because it is important due
to the fact that I am still in active services with the Prudential
Insurance Company.Your earliest response to this matter is very
important.I am waiting your urgent reply.
Best Regards,
Mr Cave Man
RE:JOB DESCRIPTION2
This scammer isn’t looking for a driver, he or she is looking for someone who will send them money. I’m guessing that they will pretend to employ you, send you a (fake) check for your services and then ask you to forward most of the money to a third party.
Ignore this scammer.
We are in search of competent and honest Company Driver who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in California and environ with primary duties to include direct delivery of our products (with our provided company Van) and receipt of funds from our prospective clients. All we want is an effective and friendly driver who will work diligently.for quick information,contact:davidabare@armenian.me.uk
URGENT
Hot on the heels of the previous post on this site comes yet more money from the CBN. Honestly, so much money is owed to me by this bank that I’m surprised it is still solvent. Do you suppose if I just give the CBN my bank account number they could just transfer ALL their money to me??
Probably not. Ignore this idiot. The CBN don’t owe you anything.
Open your message from the united nation and get back to us immediately
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting And Investigations Division.
Mrs. Inga Britt Ahlenius
This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from New York, after series of complains from the Security Agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria for the rate of foreign financial transfer irregularities (Scam) in their nation in the last eight years
I have met with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria who has eventually endorsed and ordered the CENTRAL BANK to make sure you receive your fund in your account.
To checkmate the central bank as directed by our secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away your Fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $10M. approved by the UN into your account without any delay.
Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard Graves from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.
I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. For oral discussion, call me on this line in Nigeria: +234-7082530707. I wait for your call.
Thanks.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Inga Britt Ahlenius
United Nations Under-Secretary-
General for Internal Oversight.
DID YOU AUTHORIZE CHANGE OF ACCOUNT TO YOUR PAYMENT FILE?
Oh look, another cock and bull story about the CBN. You’d think scammers would at least manage to pretend that their scams are from anywhere but Nigeria. Apparently not.
Ignore this goon, who is after your money.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).
HEAD OFFICE – ABUJA Office Address: Zaria street. Abuja.
Postal Address: P.M.B 0187, Garki Abuja.
Our Ref: CBN/OHG/FGN/2012
Your Ref:…………………….. …….
PAYMENT FILE: CBN/BEN/09.
Attn,
DID YOU AUTHORIZE CHANGE OF ACCOUNT TO YOUR PAYMENT FILE?
You are been officially contacted by Central Bank of Nigeria the Apex Bank of all commercial Banks here in Nigeria. Please confirm this information. Did you ask Mr. Edmond Beneker from USA to claim your fund? This man was directed to us by Mr. John Adams the account officer that is supposed to transfer your fund to your account. Please as matter of urgency get back to us immediately before things will get wrong. Below are the account details of Mr. Edmond Beneker where he authorized us to transfer your fund into:
Name on account: Edmond Beneker
Bank Name: Wachovia
Address: 8233 Rochester Hwy. SC4600 Salem, SC 29676 USA.
Acct. #: 1010246561978
Routing#: 053207766
Swift Code: pnbpus76.
Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency immediately without further delay so as to enable us conclude on your transfer files. You are requested to fill and send the below informations: for verification purposes so that your fund will be remitted to your nominated bank account. Or to any of your approved representative. The verification informations needed is as follows.
1. Your Name:
2. Your Full Address:
3. Your Telephone/ fax:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Your Occupation.
As the Governor of this Noble Bank, I was supposed to Release this Funds to him but I refused to do so because I wanted to hear from you first. Due to the Nature of my job, I will not want to make any mistake in releasing this fund to anyone except you whom is the recognized beneficiary to this Fund. Kindly clarify us on this issue before we make this Payment to this foreigner/representative whom came on your behalf.
I’m waiting for your reply today.
Yours Friendly,
Dr. Lamido Sanusi.
Governor Central Bank Of Nigeria
CC: SENATE PRESIDENT
CC: ALL FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICES
CC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]A
CC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION.
============================== ==============================
============================== ============================== =====
Warning: This transmission is confidential and intended solely for the
person(s) or organization(s) to whom it is addressed. It may contain
privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are not authorized to copy, distribute or take
any action.
Attn:Winner
There is only one way to win the UK National Lottery. You have to buy a ticket. You also have to check the numbers yourself. The UK National Lottery will NEVER email you to tell you that you have won.
Ignore this scammer who is hoping you will start sending them money.
Ref:UK/JA7744
Batch:UK94084.
Attn:Winner,
This letter is to inform you that your e-mail address has
won you the sum 0f ?1,000,000:00 (One Million Great British Pounds)
From the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2012.
With Serial number 2230010 drew the Raffle Number: NJQ999617
You are required to contact the below agent for the claiming of your
winning prize money.
Mr. Ellis Michael
Email: emichael0012@aol.co.uk
You are also required to contact him with the below information.
INFORMATION REQUESTED:
Full Names
Residential Address
Occupation
Age
Phone
Country
Mrs.Sophia Webber.
On-line coordinator.
Your friend wants to share photos and updates with you
DO NOT OPEN the attached file. It’s a .zip file and probably contains a worm or trojan that will infect your computer.
Although this appears to come from Facebook, it doesn’t tell you who your “friend” is. If you have any real notifications from Facebook you will see them on your Facebook page. Log-in in the usual way.
One of your friends wants to share photos and updates with you.
View attached file with new photos and updates
One of your friends has invited you to Facebook. After you sign up, you’ll be able to stay connected with friends by sharing photos and videos, posting status updates, sending messages and more.
+447824903013 – www.ppinomore.com
A couple of days ago I received the following text on my mobile phone:
““URGENT you are owed £3350 for the PPI you took out, time is running out to claim, please visit www.ppinomore.com to claim, thank you” “
Clearly this is a scam.
a) as I have filled in no paperwork nor been asked any questions the sender cannot have any idea how much PPI I am due to be refunded
b) I have never taken out PPI and therefore am owed nothing
c) The coward is using a mobile phone number to send out these scam texts.
The organisation’s website claims that their ” partners are regulated by the Ministry of Justice in respect of regulated claims management activities”. I have reported them to the Ministry of Justice.
Ignore them if you receive a similar text.
Update 1 Oct 2012 – some helpful info here on how to deal with unwanted PPI calls http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211214/Is-end-unwanted-texts-PPI-firms-Two-men-face-250-000-fine-sending-millions-messages.html
Michael Cole – Romance Scammer
A couple of days ago I received this email from a reader:
Recently I was invited on Skype by a guy named Michael Cole who claimed that he is working as a sailor in the sea and has a son who is in the boarding school in London. The name of the son is alleged to be Adam.
I have attached the conversation that triggered my suspicion and also attach his pictures and the pictures of the so called son.
Please publish this story as I do not want other people to be victimis
It’s the usual story of a scammer meeting up online with a potential victim. The sad and difficult things about romance scams is that the scammers know that their potential victims are looking to meet up with someone and build a trusting relationship.
Fortunately my reader started to realise something was wrong when the scammer started asking her for money. She has sent me the transcript of several Skype conversations. You can see when she realised things were odd – when the scammer (although claiming to be a single parent) didn’t seem to know the name or location of the school his son attended.
The scammer started with the usual sweet talk and then sent her photos of “himself” and his “son”. My reader as specifically asked that I publish all the photos she was sent, so here they are:
I have put some of these pictures through Google images and I can’t find them anywhere else, but they clearly aren’t “Michael Cole”. I will now reproduce some of his emails. Anyone who’s native language is English will see that the style of writing is characteristic of an African scammer. Note here that many victims of romance scams have English as a second language, which means that they cannot see the inconsistencies in the scammer’s use of language. Something, I’m sure, the scammers are well aware of.
Once the scammer felt he my reader’s trust he started asking her for money. Here are some extracts from her Skype conversations with him:
[9/13/2012 5:40:58 PM] Michael Cole: am just weak, how i wish my late mom sister is still in my country now she will help
[9/13/2012 5:41:13 PM] my reader: so no one else in the UK can help?
[9/13/2012 5:41:15 PM] Michael Cole: am just confuse
[9/13/2012 5:41:39 PM] Michael Cole: my friends are here with me honey
[9/13/2012 5:41:59 PM] my reader: eishhhhh!im also confused now i dont know what to say
[9/13/2012 5:42:06 PM] Michael Cole: that is the person i know that can help, that’s why i mail to him
[9/13/2012 5:43:09 PM] Michael Cole: honey can you please help me in this, when i got to land this will be the first money i will have to give you please, or when you receive the fund you can withdraw it from it please
[9/13/2012 5:43:35 PM] Michael Cole: i can’t stand to see how Adam will feel if i can’t do this
[9/13/2012 5:44:23 PM] my reader: im damn damn broke this month thats why i couldnt even buy that blackberry which is cheaper than the trip. How i wish i could help.eyyy dont know what to say or do now.
[9/13/2012 5:45:53 PM] Michael Cole: please honey, you are the last person i know i can hope in now, please if a friend can lend you when you receive my fund from Greece you can pay back please
[9/13/2012 5:46:19 PM] Michael Cole: am giving you the email and details to contact them with today please
[9/13/2012 5:46:55 PM] Michael Cole: so that you can receive it and pay anyone that help us as soon you receive it please honey
[9/13/2012 5:47:08 PM] my reader: lending money is out of question honey I have never done it before. i would even know where to start. please you are making me feel so bad now. i hate to be in a situation where i cannot help 🙁
[9/13/2012 5:48:30 PM] Michael Cole: i know but am sorry
[9/13/2012 5:48:59 PM] Michael Cole: you are my hope now for our son, that’s why am saying this, please understand with me please
[9/13/2012 5:49:12 PM] my reader: dont know what to say
[9/13/2012 5:49:52 PM] Michael Cole: honey please
—————————–
You can see the scammer playing on my reader’s emotions by referring to his (imaginary) son as “their” son.
Alittle later, my reader started to realise she was talking to a scammer.
[9/13/2012 6:46:18 PM] my reader: I am offering to help by making arrangements with the school. please give me the schools details and the contact person then i will take the responsibility …
[9/13/2012 6:47:07 PM] Michael Cole: i told you to mail to Adam and he will provide all those for you ok
[9/13/2012 6:47:16 PM] my reader: will do
[9/13/2012 6:47:43 PM] Michael Cole: since you said you can talk the school and that is all you can alfer as a mother to the boy, that is fine
[9/13/2012 6:47:57 PM] Michael Cole: i appreciate
[9/13/2012 6:48:09 PM] my reader: but i expect you to have the school’s details
[9/13/2012 6:48:24 PM] Michael Cole: why?
[9/13/2012 6:48:43 PM] Michael Cole: when i have my son email to know how he is doing always
[9/13/2012 6:48:45 PM]my reader: because at school they only know you as a a parent
[9/13/2012 6:49:13 PM] Michael Cole: my business with the school is when i go to clear off all bill for my son
[9/13/2012 6:50:48 PM] my reader: what if something happens to Adam whilst you are away?surely the school will have to contact you and you as a person who has signed an indemnity at school should know who to talk to or contact at school. That is why am saying i expect you to have the details of the school and the contact person
[9/13/2012 6:51:50 PM] Michael Cole: but i can’t be thinking of something to happen to my son
[9/13/2012 6:52:49 PM] my reader: i may not have children of my own but i sense something is not right between you and the school. i mean why would you not even have the contact details of your son’s teacher? Michael you are a single parent for Christ sake and everything of Adam depends on you. it can be a stomach but or an injury during sports…or anything.
[9/13/2012 6:53:28 PM] Michael Cole: i understand
[9/13/2012 6:53:45 PM] Michael Cole: but please you know when we sail we do not use cell
[9/13/2012 6:54:04 PM] Michael Cole: so please can you ask Adam to give it to you?
[9/13/2012 6:54:14 PM]my reader: it doesnt matter even if you dont have a cell but you should know the teacher’s name and the contact details of the school by heart
[9/13/2012 6:55:11 PM] Michael Cole: i know the name
[9/13/2012 6:55:19 PM] my reader: thats all that you know?
[9/13/2012 6:55:24 PM] batandwa wotshela: only the name?
[9/13/2012 6:55:34 PM] Michael Cole: the form master name i know is Andrew William
[9/13/2012 6:56:13 PM] Michael Cole: i met him last, and we both shake hands and talk for some few minutes that’s it
[9/13/2012 6:57:35 PM] my reader: you know what? i am going to be honest with you? something is not right here. i may not know what it is but definitely something is not right here. i am going to be praying for revealation and soon it will be revealed.
After further exchanges my reader was adamant that she would not send money. The scammer realised this and started to threaten her by skype and by email. My reader didn’t tell me what the photos he sent contain.
[2:32:04 PM] *** Michael Cole sent Video call snapshot 2.png ***
[2:32:05 PM] *** Michael Cole sent 6.png ***
[2:32:18 PM] Michael Cole: what if you find this in your country news papers
[2:32:29 PM] *** Michael Cole sent 3.png ***
[2:33:03 PM] Michael Cole: on facebook wall and the rest
[2:33:23 PM] my reader: YOU ARE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME
[2:33:28 PM] *** Michael Cole sent Video call snapshot 2.png ***
[2:33:55 PM] Michael Cole: just watch and see all on your country news papers
[2:34:03 PM] Michael Cole: facebook
[2:34:07 PM] my reader: VERY DANGEROUS
[2:34:13 PM] Michael Cole: google
[2:34:20 PM] Michael Cole: all over th world
[2:34:34 PM] Michael Cole: how will you feel when you see one now on your facebook wall?
[2:34:47 PM] *** Michael Cole sent 4.png ***
[2:34:54 PM] *** Michael Cole sent 7.png ***
[2:34:56 PM] *** Michael Cole sent 9.png ***
[2:35:11 PM] Michael Cole: pity you what your name will be
[2:35:25 PM] Michael Cole: in your country and your family for seeing this
[2:35:45 PM] Michael Cole: you have no choice than do what i said from now ok
[2:36:15 PM] Michael Cole: you have just 24hours to think about it or else
[2:38:09 PM] Michael Cole: are you short or words?
[2:38:15 PM] Michael Cole: (cool)
[2:38:20 PM] Michael Cole: i have hem
[2:40:15 PM] *** Call from Michael Cole ***
[2:40:43 PM] *** Call from Michael Cole ***
[2:44:08 PM] Michael Cole: the first person to got that in her facebook wall is xxxxxxx
[2:44:44 PM] Michael Cole: then XXXXX XXXXXX
[2:45:18 PM] Michael Cole: then i will see how you will feel before it enter to google, all facebook wall and all site you think you know
[2:45:40 PM] Michael Cole: and straight to the barrister association in South Africa
Here are a couple of the threatening emails he sent her:
this once will go to the wall of most of the South Africa i have there name that are close to you soon, i am giving you 24hours to call the number i gave to you, 2 is already in “my reader’s sister’s” facebook inbox, and 2 with a lady who is close to your sisterxxxxxxxx and she will call you later because i have also given her your mobile number to let you know what i sent to her, $7000usd or else all of then will go puplish in the next 24hours if you don’t call the number i gave to you, +447012975726
My reader’s very sensible response was this:
“Go ahead and do what you want to do.
This person does not even look like me so go ahead and use your filthy pictures, I do not care.
You aint getting any money from ME NOT EVEN A CENT”
There’s more, but I’m sure you get the point.
If you meet up with someone online, stop talking to them or corresponding with them if they ask you for money.
***Auto Wraps Promo***
A reader sent me this scam. He realised straight away that it was a scam, but has been exchanging emails with the scammer. I’ve reproduced the exchange here so that you see how this scam works. My reader tells me he set up a special email address and pretended to be his wife! (Not sure what she thinks about that.)
This is the classic fraudulent check scam – where the scammer sends you a check, asks you to pay it in, deduct your own fee and then forward the bulk of the money to a third party. After you’ve done that, your bank will withdraw the original deposit as fraudulent and you will be left out of pocket.
My reader, as you will see, was asked to forward the money using Moneygram – a cash transaction with no way of getting back the money you have lost.
Here, below, are the email between my reader and the scammer:
Brand Red Bull seeks individuals with automobiles looking to make extra income to take part in its maiden ***Auto Wraps Promo***. It is Very Easy and Simple with No Application fees required : Here’s how It works – The basic premise of the “paid to drive” concept RED BULL seeks people — regular citizens, not professional drivers — to go about their normal routine as they usually do, only with a big advert for “RED BULL ” plastered on your car.The ads are typically vinyl decals, also known as “auto wraps,” that almost seem to be painted on the vehicle, and which will cover any portion of your car’s exterior surface
What does the company get out of this type of ad strategy? Lots of exposure and awareness.The auto wraps tend to be colorful and eye-catching and attract lots of attention. Plus, it’s a form of advertising with a captive audience,meaning people who are stuck in traffic and can’t avoid seeing the wrapped car alongside them. This program will last for 3 months and the minimum period you can participate is 1 month.
You will be compensated with a $400 (four hundred dollars per Week),which is essentially a “rental” payment for letting our company use the space. RED BULL shall provide Experts that would handle the advert placing on your car.You will receive an up front payment of $400 (four hundred dollars) inform of check for accepting to carry this advert on your car and other weekly payments will also come in the form of checks and delivered at your address weekly.
The following information below will be needed
Full Name:
Age:
Occupation:
Make of car/ year:
Address:
city:
State:
Zip code:
Do you have a driver’s license:
Phone Number(s) mobile/home :
Email Address:
We shall be contacting you as soon as we receive these information, RED BULL looks forward to working
with you.
Regards
RED BULL
My reader wasn’t prepared to give his real address, so made one up. He received the following email, explaining what he should do next, and telling him that he would be sent more money that was due and should forward the bulk to another company.
The biggest-selling most popular international premium beverage brand RED BULL Is delighted to have you on board as part of the current “Paid to Drive” marketing strategy with the concept of Vinyl decals/Auto wraps on Vehicles in to increase awareness of the Company brand,product and services all across the United states Vehicle wraps have become a very Important strategy for business promotion in the 21st century and we’ve been quite successful reaching our target audience and now Its your opportunity to drive your car with Vinyl decals/Auto Wraps of the Brand advertised on it and get paid every week as this promo lasts for 3 months and the minimum period you can participate is 1 month Your vehicle have been registered and approved for this Promotion with experts from QDR Graphics our Strategic partners scheduled to come around to put the decals advert wrap on your vehicle as soon as you have confirmed to have received your first week payment of $2950 for your services. However,as pointed out in previous emails to you,from the amount you will be receiving only the sum of $400 should be deducted for your first week payment for working with us carrying the advert on your car and the remaining balance will be sent out via Western Union Money Transfer to the specialist/expert from QDR Graphics coming over to handle the advert placement on your car after deducting your first week upfront payment.This is done in order to avoid delays or any inconvenience that may arise from your part. Also we do not want you to involve any of your personal funds in this program that is why all fund is made available to you.You do not need to drive to Specialist/experts handling the advert placement.
After the duration of your service and you want to discontinue,the specialist/expert will be on hand to remove the advert placement on your car with no traces of ever placing a vinyl decal on your vehicle so there’s nothing to worry about as everything will be taken care of accordingly,
N:B Please reply to this email and reconfirm your acceptance of this job offer with
Your full name
Address again for verification
Indicate ”YES I RECONFIRM THIS APPOINTMENT”
Congratulations once again please do stay in touch and we’ll keep you updated all the way Thank you for your Co-operation,We look forward to working with you
Regards
RED BULL
Of course, me reader reconfirmed the appointment. The scammer then reassured him that everything would go smoothly:
Thank you very much for providing your details.We hope you understand every bit of our email and you willing to take up this job again..We will have the check mailed out to you by next week and we will keep you posted with every details you need to know about the promo shortly..All you need now is to sit back and relax till you get the check and get back to us as soon as the check is being delivered to you so that you can get further information on our specialist/expert from QDR Graphics coming over to handle the advert placement on your car
It appears the scammer then went to the trouble of actually sending him a fake check via UPS.
We would like to inform you that the promo payment and that of the car wrap had been scheduled to be delivered to your doorstep this morning by UPS.Here is the tracking number provided by the courier for confirmation 1ZFW52202500000440, you can log on to the UPS website to check the status online. It’s a check of $2950.
INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW :
When you receive the check , you are to go ahead to your bank and deposit it in your account . When you do that. do make sure you send us an email . Afterward we will give you further instructions on what to do next .
NB : When you carry out the instruction above, you must get back to us so as to tell you your next step .
Have a great day ahead .
Thanks for your patience
RED BULL
Not surprisingly, UPS couldn’t deliver it. But if you go to the real UPS website and enter the tracking code given below, you will see that a parcel was genuinely despatched.
UPS is having problem delivering the package because their was no apt number in the address you provided.Please do contact the nearest UPS location to you and provide a valid apt number or better still you go pick it up. We will be waiting to read from you soonest
Of course my reader claimed to have collected the check and was then give the following instructions:
Edit: Another reader has sent me a photograph of a cheque that they were sent as part of this scam. The cheque is in pounds, so I’m guessing that this reader lives in the UK and that this scam is operating in the UK as well as the US?
My reader tells me the cheque is very convincing! I wonder what his bank would think if he paid it in?
Syeikh Adib Abdul has sent me an email telling “do not ask my name”. Errrrrrr????
Clearly he’s a bit dim as a scammer, but a scammer none the less. Ignore him. He doesn’t have 7.2m USD. He is, however, hoping that you will start sending him your money.
Good day,
This is a personal email directed to you for your consideration alone, I
request that it remain and be treated as such only. Please bear with me
for now and do not ask my name. I am a banker with HSBC here in Malaysia
I have an interesting business proposal for you that will be of immense
benefit to both of us. Although this may be hard for you to believe, we
stand to gain 7.2 million USD between us in a matter of days. Please grant
me the benefit of doubt and hear me out. I need you to signify your
interest by replying to this email (syeikhadib147@gmail.com)
Most importantly, I will need you to promise to keep whatever you learn
from me between us even if you decide not to go along with me. I will make
more details available to you on receipt of a positive response from you.
Warm regards from Malaysia.
Re: Solicitor Godwin Wetego
I can’t tell you how despicable I find the scammers who use stories of genuine tragedy mingled into their scams. This pond-life of a scammer is no exception and deserves to rot in the fires of Hell – or whatever is the equivalent in his religion.
He’s a scammer. Ignore him.
My Dear Friend,
I am Solicitor Godwin Wetego, an attorney at law. A deceased client of Mine, by name Mr. Andrew Parker from your country, who hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, whose life and that of his entire family were lapsed while on holidays in a holidays resort in Phuket Thailand on the 26th of December 2004 in the Tsunami natural disaster.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at ($6,000,000.00) Six Million United States dollars only is lodged.
This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the Account will be confiscated because there is a government gazette/mandate/authorizing all banks to freeze or confiscate any account that has not been serviceable in a long period of time, this is geared towards capital flight for the economy.
My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages,60% to me and 40% to you.
All legal documents to back up your claim as my client’s next-of-kin will be provided. What I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.
This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology but if not, then contact me to indicate your interest, by giving me urgently the following below:
1. Your full Name:
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address.
4. Your Age and Occupation.
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best regards,
Solicitor Godwin Wetego.
Now contact my personal secretary
Apparently I helped “Prof.Maurice Iwu” transfer $22m. Strange that I don’t remember doing so. Even stranger that he doesn’t seem to remember my name – or even remember if I’m male or female. Maybe the poor old Prof is going senile. Or maybe he isn’t a Prof at all, but a scammer? That’ll be it – he’s a scammer. He certainly doesn’t have $22m and he definitely has no intention of sending me $1m.
Ignore him.
Dear Sir/Madam,
How are you today? It’s been long I heard from you. Well, I just want to
use this medium to thank you very much for your earlier assistance to help
me in receiving the funds totaling (USD$22 MILLION), without any positive
outcome. I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving the
funds with the help of a new partner from Germany. Everything was
perfectly done because we strike a deal with one of the accountant who
works with the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) and she rendered a
tremendous help to us. My new partner initiated this idea and everything
worked out successfully.
In appreciation of your earlier assistance to me in receiving the Funds. I
have decided to compensate you with the sum of $1,000,000.00 (One Million
US Dollars) this is from my own share. I did this simply to show you that
it is good to do good things to the right people always. Presently, I am
in London for investment project with my own share under the advice of my
partner, your fund is into check so contact my secretary about that to
send it to you.
Meanwhile,I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow. I will be
sending you e-mail from time to time to know if you have received your
share or not. Now contact my personal secretary in Nigeria.
Name:Mr.Mark Ugo
Address: No 4 Bello drive dolphins Lagos-Nigeria
Email:markugo200@mail.com
Phone: +234-7083244858
Please do let me know immediately if you receive your check so that we can
share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. at the
moment, I am very busy here in Germany because of the investment projects,
which the new partner and I are having at hand. So feel free to get in
touch with Mr. Mark Ugo and send him your needed information below to
enable him send the money to you without any delay.
Needed information’s are:
Your Full Name:………………..
Your Home Address:……………..
Your home phone:……………….
Your Cell phone:……………….
Your age:……………………..
Your occupation:……………….
A copy of your international passport or any valid ID
With My Best Regards,
Prof.Maurice Iwu
TRANSACTION ON MUTUAL BENEFIT.
Another week and another flood of scammers telling me about millions of dollars waiting for me in Nigeria. If you believe the scammers, Nigeria is awash with unclaimed millions – all of which I can have!
This scammer blatantly tells you to send him $500. If you’re daft enough to do that, he will quickly think of another reason to ask you for money. He’ll keep on asking for money for as long as you are prepared to keep sending it to him.
Ignore him.
FOREIGN DEBT RECONCILIATION PANEL
53B AMADU BELLO WAY VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA
DIRECT TEL 234-818-3881403
Ref: F.DRC//N.T/VOL.1/2012
RE: TRANSACTION ON MUTUAL BENEFIT.
After making several enquiry, I confirmed that you are not a foreign contractors mandated to transfer their funds but I would wish to inform you that the sum of USD$7.500,000.00 which is the payment left over which I would want you to act as the beneficairy to enable us channel the funds into your account for onward sharing of 50 50 as soon as the funds gets to your nominated Bank account.
The only things needed for this US$7.3Million to be transferred into your account in less than 48 hours are as follows;
1) A Bank Account Detail.
2) US$500. 00 which will be needed to normalize the account in the high court of Justice.
However, before we commence on the transaction, I would need your assurance that you will not betray nor let me down in this transaction as soon as the funds gets to your possession and you will also keep this transaction secret as you know the nature of the transaction.
So kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that I will let you know the further directives on how to finalize this transaction. I would want this transaction to be finalized under 72 hours of commencement as the Presidency has mandated the Senate House to finalize every foreign transfer before the end of this month.
Upon the receipt of your mail, you will be advise on what to do. Please send your reply to my alternative email address (mrudokaezeji1@yeah.net)
Thank you.
Mr. Udoka Ezeji
Direct Phone 234-818-3881403
2012 GHRIA USA SEMINAR INVITATION
There is no such conference. This is a scam. You won’t get free air tickets to New York, you won’t get anything. This scammer will start demanding money for visas, hotels, etc. Ignore him or her.
Dear Sir/Madam,
It gives me a great pleasure to invite you to the forth-coming international seminar which The Global Human Rights and International Affairs is excited to be hosting in October 15th to 19th 2012 first Phase at Elm Croft Manor New York City USA, And from October 22nd to 26th 2012, Second phase at Lagasca Madrid Spain.
The theme of the forth coming seminar is; Racism and Human Right.
Delegates who are interested in making a paper presentation are advice to make a summary presentation on the above subject.
Note: the (GHRIA) will be providing all delegates with to and fro Air ticket and also visa’s guidance for the seminar purpose.
Registration is open now!
Contact the organizing secretary Mrs. Deborah C. Junior for more information. Email: secretary.g.h.r.i.a1@globomail.com
Regards
Miss Genevieve Bryan
US company is currently desiring workforce from the European Union.
No company anywhere every needs people to “receive payments” for them. ALL these jobs are scams. If you make the mistake of replying you will find a fake payment is made to your bank account. You will then be asked to forward some to a third party. The original payment will then be withdrawn as fraudulent and you will be left out of pocket with no way of recovering the money you have sent.
Recruitment companies don’t send out random emails to anyone and everyone. icaro-consulting.com (the domain associated with the reply email address was registered 2 days ago, on 4 Sept 2012)
Large American company engaged in IT and E-commerce development and investment,
looking for representatives in Europe to cooperate with international holdings in distribution of investment in IT
Salary: 4000 EUR monthly for 3 – 4 working hours a day.
Your earnings may increase depending on the time invested, severity and loyalty to the company.
If you are interested in the prospect of employment please review the job requirements:
– Have a LLC company or equivalent (be an owner or power of attorney holder)
– Receive payments from our customers all over the world
– When processing each payment you receive an immediate bonus of 5% of the payment amount
– Maintain reporting and any necessary preparations to receive payments
– Be confident in the accuracy of the correctness and delivering them on time
This position does not involve a change of residence and you will be able to work in your area.
This listing does not include fixed working hours and is absolutely suitable for all sectors and age groups in our society.
You do not need to invest or spend your money, all the costs come at the expense of the company.
Requirements:
1. Elementary knowledge of the banking system and money transfer systems.
2. Ability to accept payments in your bank account at your bank.
3. Speed of processing tasks (send and receive payments) for a given system of money transfers.
4. Ability to check your email on the Internet at least once a day.
If you are interested in this proposal, we suggest that you go through a trial period.
For this purpose send your information to us.
These are:
1. Your full name.
2. Your age.
3. Contact phone number in international format.
4. Contact email address.
5. Your company name.
Send the data to the company email address Chris@icaro-consulting.com.
Sincerely
HR department
N/A Person Business Opportunity Urgent Reply Needed.
I’m not Mr Zheng’s “Dear Friend” and neither are you. The rest is the usual story of a dishonest bank official who has found millions of dollars belonging to a dead client, which (magically) he is willing to share with you – or me – or anyone else that is daft enough to reply. Of course there is no money – just your money. The scammer is hoping you will start sending him money, which he will demand to pay “fees”.
Email: zleo10391478@yahoo.com.hk
Dear Friend,
Let me start by introducing myself, I am Mr. ZHENG C. LEONG, Non-executive Director of the Bank of China, China. I have an obscured Business suggestion for you.
In 2004, a businessman and also was a Major Gen with the Iraqi forces (Major Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush) came to our bank and made a Fixed (Numbered) deposit of Thirty Million United State Dollars (US$30,000,000.00) Only in my branch for 12 calender months. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. A month later, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that he died along with his wife and only daughter during the war in a bomb blast that hit their home during the war in Iraq in 2005. I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
After proper further investigations, it was also discovered that he did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit and he also confided in me the last time he was in my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Thirty Million United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever came forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to Laws of Republic of China, at the expiration of Seven (7) years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this scenery, I have all the information needed to claim these funds and I want you to act as the beneficiary of the deposit, there is no risk involved in this matter, as we are going to adopt a legitimate method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.
I have evaluated the risks, and the only risk I have here is for you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, and 50% for you. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. Please observe this instruction religiously.
All I require is your honest co-operation and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please accept my apologies and keep my confidence.
Considering the money involved, and due to the nature of this transaction, it is necessary for you to be sure of whom you are transacting with. I want to be sure that you are ready, to execute this transaction with me, What I expect from you is trust and commitment, I want this large sum of money transferred with your assistance and you should have nothing to worry about regarding legality AT ALL, because what affects you Shall also affects me too, considering the paper work we are about to sign together but, I will appreciate you to follow my directives amicably as everything shall be done in accordance passing through all international banking laws, and as a
banker I know that if we follow up this transaction diligently it would be completed within 9 working days.
Please get back to me only if you are interested so that my attorney can start the paper works and re profile the documents to your names. You can
reach me on; zleo10391478@yahoo.com.hk
Kind Regards,
ZHENG C. LEONG.
Bank fraud – withdraw your money
This is telephone fraud, not an internet fraud. The fraudster has been telephone potential victims claiming that there has been a fraud at their bank. They are then instructed to withdraw money from their bank and hand it to the scammer who has called at their house. Clearly the scammer lives locally to the victims – in Hertfordshire, UK.
However, this scam could happen anywhere. If fraud takes place at your bank they will NEVER ask you to withdraw your money. Do not talk to these scammer.
WARNING AFTER SCAM HITS WATFORD AND THREE RIVERS
Police investigating two incidents where elderly people have been conned into handing over a large amounts of money, are issuing a warning to prevent further incidents.
The first incident took place in Watford between 22 and 23 August. A couple in their 80s received a phone call from someone purporting to be a police officer investigating a fraud at the victim’s bank. On two occasions he called again and asked the victims to withdraw large amounts of money. Someone would then call at the home and take the money from them to ‘keep at the station’. No identification was shown.
The second incident occurred in South Oxhey on between 24 and 29 August. The victim, a 90 year old woman, was also called by someone claiming to be a police officer investigating a fraud in her bank account and that she needed to withdraw her money to ensure it was safe. On four occasions the victim was directed to the bank and a man would then call at the door to take the money for safe-keeping.
Detective Inspector Clare Smith said: “We need to make people aware of this scam so to prevent further victims. Sadly, these victims parted with thousands of pounds.
“Police would never ring people and tell them to take money out of their account and if a police officer comes to your door they will always show you their warrant card and you can always call us to verify their identity if you are unsure.
“During the phone call, the offenders are telling the victims to ring the police immediately after their call to prove they are police. The offenders then do not disconnect the call so when the victim dials 999, the offenders are still on the line.
“If you do get a call of this nature use another phone to call police or speak to a neighbour before contacting police to clarify if it is a genuine call.
YOU HAVE A PACKAGE WITH FEDEX
You have to hand it to this scammer – he wrote a long, long story. He even tells you how much money to send him – $205. Of course, if your’e daft enough to send that, he will find excuses to ask you for more. And more. And more. In fact he will happily take as much money as you are prepared to send him.
Ignore this scammer.
Services. Aba. Aba 8 Factory Road ….
FedEx Nigeria Head Office 70 International
Airport Road Mafoluku, Lagos, Nigeria.
davidmore046432@yahoo.co.jp
fedecourier612@hotmail.co.uk
Phone Number : +234 805 33 55 828
Dear Customer
We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package that is registered with us for shipping to your residential location.We thought that the sender gave you our contact details and that you would have contacted us by now. We would also let you know that a letter is also attached to your package.However, we cannot quote its content to you via E-mail for privacy reasons.
We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth $800,000.00 USD, in FedEx we do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but in Bank Drafts only.
The package is registered with us for mailing by your colleague, and your colleague explained that he is from the United States but he is in Nigeria for a three (3) month Surveying Project. for he is working with a consulting firm in Nigeria West Africa. We are sending you this E-mail because your package is been registered on a Special Order.
What you have to do now, is to contact our Delivery Department for the immediate dispatch of your package to your residential address.
Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms your information, it will only take us one working day (24 hours) for your package to arrive at its designated destination.For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees have been paid by your colleague before your package was registered.
Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance, Premium & Clearance Certificates, are to certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it funds to sponsor Terrorism in your country. This will help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary Authority of your country.
However, you will have to pay a sum of $205 US Dollars to the FedEx Delivery Department for the Security Keeping Fee of the FedEx company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page. Also be informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping charges, but we do not accept such payments considering the facts that all items & packages registered with us has a time limitation and we cannot accept payment not knowing when you will be picking up the package or even respond to us. So we cannot take the risk to have accepted such payment in case of any possible demurrage.
Kindly note that your colleague did not leave us with any further information.We hope that you send your response to us as soon as possible because if you fail to respond until the expiry date of the foremost package, we may refer the package to the British Commission for Welfare as the package those not have a return address.
Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the details given below:
FedEx Delivery Post
Contact Person: David Moore
Phone Number :+234 805 33 55 828
davidmore046432@yahoo.co.jp
Email: fedecourier612@hotmail.co.uk
Kindly complete the below form and send it to the email address given above.
This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone numbers.
FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
YOU ARE TO GET BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY, SO WE CAN ISSUE YOU DETAILS ON HOW YOU ARE TO SEND THE MONEY FOR THE SECURITY KEEPING FEE OF $205 US DOLLARS.
As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will give you the necessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment for the Security Keeping Fees. As soon as they confirm your payment receipt of $205 US Dollars.
They will not hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the attached letter to your residence. which usually takes 24 hours being an over night delivery service.
Note: that we were not instructed to email you, but due to the high priority of your package we had to inform you as your sender did not leave us with his phone number because he stated that he just arrived Nigeria and he has not gotten a phone yet.
We personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found your email contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the foremost package.
Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address given above and ensure to fill the above form as well to enable a successful reconfirmation.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. David Moore.
FedEx Delivery Post.
Phone Number : +234 805 33 55 828
davidmore046432@yahoo.co.jp
fedecourier612@hotmail.co.uk
All rights reserved. © 1995-2012
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
This E-mail is only for the above addressees. It may contain confidential or Privileged information. If you are not an addressee you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or any attachments.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
FEDEX INTL>>>LICENCE OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CO-OPERATION.
Dear Beneficiary
You know perfectly well you aren’t expecting an “ATM card worth” $2.5m. ATM cards aren’t worth anything – it’s the bank account that they are attached to that contains the money.
Ignore this scammer.
Dear Beneficiary
This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your
fund transfer through the western union network, we have credited your
total of $2.5millon valid fund into an ATM MASTER CARD and I have paid the
re-activation fee and the delivery of the ATM Card To you, I paid it
because the ATM Card worth of $2,500,000.00 which I have registered it’s
delivery has less than Seven days to expire in the custody of
the FedEx Company and when it expires, the money will go into Federal
Government treasury account.
With that we decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card
will not expire, because I trust that when you receive your ATM Card
definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for
helping you. Now I want you to contact FedEx Express at:
fedexcourier_benin@live.com) with your physical address you desire the
delivery to be made so that they can deliver your ATM Card to your
designated address without any delay.
Like I stated earlier, the crediting re-activation, delivery and the
company registration charges has been paid by me, but we did not pay their
official keeping fees since they refused, they refused and the reason is
that they do not know when you are going to contact them and the demur
rage might have increased by then, They told me that their keeping fees is
$25 per day only, and I deposited it since 30-8/2012: Below is the
Contact Information of the FedEx, Express Customer Service Director
Mr.Julius Koja Email Address online: fedexcourier_benin@live.com
Tel:+229-993-56570 Contact them today and also send them the security
official keeping charge to avoid increase of their fees and let me know
once you receive your ATM card, Important Notice, your ATM CARD package
was registered as a gift so that the diplomatic Agent will not know the
content of your package okay.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr, Paul Allen.
Re: Adoption.
“Mrs Owolabi” has no idea who I am – or who you are but has, apparently, decided to pay you to adopt her children. This is an unlikely story but I feel a flurry of scam emails coming on, all offering me children.
The only money this scammer is interested in is yours. He (or she) has no intention of magically sending you his children. He probably doesn’t even have any. He’s just hoping you will be daft enough to send him money – doubtless large amounts to pay for plane fares, etc.
Ignore him.
Hi,
My name is Mrs Yetunde Owolabi from Republic of Benin, I gave birth to
triplet, 3 babies (1Boy 2Girls) at a time after the death my husband on
18th of November 2011 by auto car accident. Already we have received 5
children from God, right now I can’t take care of them
so I have decided to give them out for adoption. If you are interested reply
back for more details, I am not selling them but you will only pay for adoption fees.
God bless you
Mrs. Yetunde Owolabi
Email: yetundeowo@in.com
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU TODAY.
There’s no such thing as the “BILL GATES MICROSOFT POWER BALL LOTTERY INC”. Microsoft don’t give away money in random email draws. No-one does. This is a scam – ignore it.
POWER BALL/ BILL GATES MICROSOFT / MSN Incorporation Congratulates you
16 Great Marlborough Street
London W1F 7HS, UK.
Power Ball House London.UK
msftuk@yahoo.co.jp
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN
**************************
POWER BALL / BILL GATES MICROSOFT MSN INCORPORATION ARE SHARING HIS FORTUNE, CONGRATULATIONS YOU AS A
Lucky Winner
The Board of Directors, members and staff of the Bill Gates Microsoft Company in conjunction with Power Ball Lottery world wide partners, wishes to congratulate you on your successful emerger as one of the 1st STAR PRIZE WINNER in this year Microsoft E-mail International lottery winners Promotion (LWP). That is to say that you have won prize money of (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) (?850,000.00 pounds) for the Annual 2012 Lottery promotion which is organized by BILL GATES MICROSOFT POWER BALL LOTTERY INC in conjunction with Power Ball Lottery worldwide partners.
You must adhere to this instruction strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your prize to you in person. This program has been abused severely in the past, so we are doing our best to eliminate further occurrence of false claims. This program was conducted under the watchful eyes of 8000 systems spectators. Your e-mail address was selected and came out first by an e-ballot drawn from 60000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses), that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail and various Microsoft window users, we only select seven people as our winners, through electronic balloting System without the winner applying.
Bill Gates Microsoft / Power Ball Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 5 days from the date of this Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. Our Event Manager will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, Please be warned. Attached here is the claim verification and funds release form. You are expected to fill and submit to the event manager.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. FULL NAMES:___________________
2.ADDRESS:__________
3.SEX:_________________
4.AGE:_______________
5.MARITAL STATUS:______________
6.OCCUPATION:_________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_________________
8.TELEPHONE/MOBILE NUMBER:________________
9.AMOUNT WON:_________________
10.STATE:________________
11. COUNTRY________________________
12.NEXT OF KIN: ____________
13.ZIP CODE: _____________________
14: NATIONALITY: ____________________
15: BATCH: NO_________________________
16; REF, NO_________________________
17: A Scanned copy of Passport or any ID or Drivers license
Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:
To file for your claim, please fill and submit your verification form
to our events manager immediately via email.
(CONSULTANT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name: Rev. Mike Charles
E-mail; msftuk@yahoo.co.jp
Tel: +44704573039
Once again congratulations…
(Msn/ Bill Gates Microsoft / Power Ball Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator
Copyright ? 2011-2012
The BILL GATES MICROSOFT / Power Ball /MSN Incorporation Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved.
Note: In accordance to the program Lottery policy and regulations, this message is dispatched directly to the recipient only. If you are not the rightful owner of this email address or feel that you have received this message by error, we advice you destroy this copy as you are not authorized to read, print, retain or disseminate any part of it for any reason.
Terms of Service Guideline ……..Previous Winners
CONTACT:CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON FOR YOUR ATM CARD
This scammer seems to have taken parts of different scam emails and spliced them together. Also, it seems that nobody explained to him that you are supposed to remove the brackets after you have filled in the blanks. Why would the Clydesdale Bank pay you in dollars? We use pounds in the UK.
This scammer is an idiot (I suspect most of them are). Ignore him. His only interest in money is his hope that he can take your money away from you.
{INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT}
UNITED NATION COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
LONDON REGIONAL HEADQUARTER
RELEASE CODE No:BC0998775BV009
Wining payment of $US1,620,000 from United Nations London.
Beneficiary Email id owner.
Greetings from the United Nations Organization London Regional (UN)global office.This is to officially bring to your notice that The ATM card payment center (CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON) Accountant Director MR THOMAS WHITE has been given express instruction to issue out in your favor the sum of $1,620,000 USD ( One Million, Six Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars ) in ATM Master Card functional in Any automatic Machine as your wining payment for this Fiscal year 2012 this instructions is from the custody of the United Nation representative office London this is for abbreviation of the rate of poverty as we saw your name on the list of unpaid individuals,The United Nation Compensation Commission (UNCC) was created in 1991 as a subsidiary organ of the UN Security Council and the payment has been approved by us to be release to you as we notice your payment has been delayed by uncertain reasons which has just been res olved by us through our power so you are free to receive your funds now.
We hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-UNO/UNCC-5507) so You have to indicate this code when contacting the card Issuance Center with your contact details as stated below,You are hereby adhere to contact the CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON with the information below as soon as you receive this email for immediate release of your payment to you so that you can be the first beneficiary to receive its fund since the paying office have alots of beneficiary to pay as directed by (UNO/UNCC).
Full Name:
Address:
Telephone No:
Age:
Occupation:
Country:
Identity Card if any have no copy:
Below is CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON ATM Card issuance center contact information contact them now for the immediate release of your payment to you since it has been approved by United Nations and World Bank Group meanwhile do not be taken unaware that all the necessary document backing the fund up has been forwarded to the custody of the paying bank to ensure smooth release of your $ 1,620,000 USD ( One Million, Six Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars ) to you as directed by us.
CONTACT:
CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON
CONTACT PERSON::MR THOMAS WHITE.
CALL THE BANK AT:: +44-7010057795
Email:: info.atmpaymentdept@excite.co.uk
Do let us know immediately you have contacted CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON for your payment for more advise as we are keeping close on them to ensure you are paid as soon as possible, Meanwhile do not forget your Code of Conduct (ATM-UNO/UNCC-5507) when contacting the bank as it is very important.
Note::The reason you are receiving this notification in your mailbox is because We found your name in our list of people their payment has been delayed so we decide to intervene and help you get paid which we have done.
We are waiting for your prompt update once you have contact CLYDESDALE BANK PLC LONDON.
In God We Trust.
Zonal co-ordinator
Signed Mrs Maria Jimmy
Approved Mr Ban Ki Moon
United Nation Secretary General
RE: SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT..
What a load of old rubbish. This scammer has no more idea which “house of assembly” had a meeting than you do or I do. He just made a ridiculous story in the hope that you might believe that someone you have never heard of might randomly decide to send you $15m.
I think that’s unlikely – especially given the number of emails I receive each day, each of which promises me millions of dollars. I should be super rich by now, but I’m not. I’m sitting at home writing this instead.
Ignore this scammer, who wants to get his hands on your money.
MR JAMES IGWE
DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATION
ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK UK PLC
RE: SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT
AFTER EXTENSIVE CLOSE DOOR MEETING WITH BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OTHER STAKE
HOLDERS IN THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
IT WAS RESOLVED AND AGREED UPON THAT YOUR FUND WOULD BE RELEASED ON A SPECIAL
METHOD OF PAYMENT, BY TAG NAME READS SWIFT CREDIT CARD. THIS METHOD OF PAYMENT
IS DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AVERT FRAUD PERPETRATION OR STOPPAGE OF FUND BY
SOME AGENCIES. EITHER THROUGH ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE OR OTHER CERTIFICATES.
THIS SWIFT CREDIT CARD WOULD BE ISSUED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL,
THIS BANK HAS BEEN MANDATED TO TAKE CHARGE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE SWIFT CREDIT
CARD AND YOUR PAYMENT FILE SHOULD BE PASSED TO MY DESK FOR CLARIFICATION. UPON
CERTIFICATION THAT YOUR PAYMENT FILE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THIS OFFICE WILL DIRECT YOU ON HOW
TO RECEIVE YOUR OVER DUE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CREDIT CARD.
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT BE ABLE TO PAY YOU THE FULL PAYMENT DUE TO
INADEQUATE FUND, WE WILL ONLY PAY YOU THE SUM OF $15,000,000.00 MILLION DOLLARS
AS PART PAYMENT, PLEASE BEAR WITH US AND WE PROMISE TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR
YOUR REMAINING PAYMENT IN 5 MONTHS IN THE LIGHT OF THIS AFOREMENTIONED, YOU
ARE REQUIRED TO FURNISH THIS OFFICE WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
YOUR FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
NEXT OF KIN NAME AND YOUR DATE OF BIRTH:
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
THE ATM CARD WOULD BE ISSUED IN YOUR FAVOUR, AND ALL YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE
INSERTED INTO THE CARD. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS ISSUANCE OF THE CREDIT CARD, IT
WOULD BE SEND TO YOU TOGETHER WITH THE ACCESS PIN NUMBER VIA COURIER TO YOUR
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
THANKS,
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR JAMES IGWE
DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATION
ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
UNION BANK UK PLC
www.unionbankuk.com
My good friend,
I’m not Mr Lugard’s “good friend”. I’ve never heard of him and he’s never heard of me – or you. He doesn’t have access to millions of pounds and he didn’t get my email address from a “private search”. He’s a scammer and he bought a list of millions of email addresses.
Ignore him – he’s after your money, which he will happily take from you as long as you are willing to send it to him.
My good friend,
INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
I am Dr .Wilford David Lugard from London, the account officer to Mr. Rafik Hariri, the Lebanese born Millionaire, Rafik Hariri was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon, and was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon. I am seeking for your kind partnership with me.I know this letter will come as a surprise to you, since we do not know ourselves before, but be sure it is a matter of genuine interest.You can view this page for confirmation.
http://www.rhariri.com/general.aspx?pagecontent=biography
I got your mail through my private search and out of desperation I decided to reach you through this medium. Mr. Rafik Hariri deposit 36,759,000 million British pounds in my bank, here in London, and I want to partner with you as to transfer and invest this money in your country. The need to move this money arose when the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that some of the money held in dormant accounts will be used for youth and community projects. You can read his comment about this fund on this website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm
I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this direction. As the present Prime Minister, David Cameron come on power I am contacting you for your kind assistance to move this fund for investment to avoid been credited to Government treasure by this August,2012 as was instructed by the former Prime Minister Now let me ask a few questions: –
(1) Can I completely trust you?
(2) I am ready to offer you 35% of this (£36,759 000.00), I hope it is acceptable by you?
Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible for more information through e-mail:drwidugard@9.cn
Thank you very much
Dr .Wilford Lugard.
UNITED NATIONS & WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM.
Have you noticed how many unclaimed millions of dollars appear to be floating around Nigeria in “consignment boxes” (whatever they are)?
Enough to clear th.e debt of many countries and certainly enough to feed millions of Africans. At least there would be enough if any of this was real. It isn’t of course. You know very well that you aren’t expecting millions of dollars from Nigeria, or anywhere else.
Ignore this scammer, who wants to steal your money
UNITED NATION AFRICAN HEAD QUARTERS.
DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Plot 617/618 Central Area District
Diplomatic Zone PMB 2851.
Garki Abuja, FCT Nigeria.
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX2012
Your Urgent Attn:
This letter is from the United Nation World Fund Discovery Management And Payment Bureau newly established by the World Financial Service Authority United States Of America / United Kingdom.
Due to the petitions received by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from all over the continent in regards to the fraudulent activities going on in the West Africa sub-region with security’s agent and diplomats who has been delaying people’s funds, consignment and valuables in their custody and demand out-outrageous fees to get their consignment released to them.
However,( Mr. Ban Ki-moon ) who is the UNITED NATION Secretary-General came to the African head quarters in ABUJA, NIGERIA on the 1st August, 2012 and set up this committee with sole aim of settling all these anomalies. And due to that, we are contacting you today regards to your consignment box we discovered, The (UN-WFDMPB) West Africa zone has its Annex office in ABUJA, NIGERIA and I Mr. Desmond Novia was duly appointed chairman to oversee the delivery/handing over of consignment to its owners. This body was set up to discover an unpaid fund being owed to Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.
It has come to our knowledge just this morning when we took the security companies and diplomat in COTONOU (BENIN REPUBLIC), LAGOS (NIGERIA) AND ACCRA (GHANA) INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT and recovered consignments. It will interest you to know that we have discovered an unpaid / unclaimed sum of US$5.5million in favor of your name and a mandate has been given to this body World Fund Discovery Management And Payment Bureau to ensure that this fund gets to you without delay.
Note that a special payment arrangement has been made to remit this fund to you through special diplomatic delivery. Nevertheless you are advised to furnish this office with your contact information to enable us open up communication with you regarding the release of your fund immediately.
1. Full Name:
2. Country of Origin:
3. Country of Resident:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Sex/Gender:
7. Age:
8. Marital Status:
9. Occupation
10. Physical Address:
11. Attached Copy of your International passport or Drivers license:
We are working according to the constitution binding this committee as well as helping the less privilege through this means. You will be required to reach me via email.
Waiting to hear from you ASAP.
Best Regards,
Mr. Desmond Novia
Chairman (UN-WFDMPB).
Attention: You Relative
If a deceased relative of yours really had been owed $20m by someone in Ghana I think a) that you would know about it and b) the bank would be more professional than to just send you a random email addressing you as “You Relative”!!!
Ignore this nutcase, who is just after your money.
Attention: You Relative/Cousin.
This is to notify you about a testament (WILL) left in your favour being
next of kin to a deceased who have not received his contract sum of
US$20.7M (Twenty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars) from our
Ministry (GNPC) before he died. Deceased name (withheld) until your
response confirming we are dealing with the right person whose name appear
in deceased testament (WILL) to avoid wrong payment.
Already our Ministry has confirmed deceased testament which stated upon
demised his final payment release to you his next of kin. You are advice
to contact your late relative Account Officer: DR. ANDREW OKAI, by email
(dr.andrewokai@yahoo.cn) with the information below for the immediate
release of your inheritance payment to any wrong party.
1) Your Full Name & Address.
2) Your Full Contact, Home, office And Mobile Numbers.
3) The Copy of Identification (Your Passport/Drivers license)
4) Your State of Origin.
The deceased account officer shall commence the release of your
inheritance fund once you respond with above information as requested.
Kindly call (DR. OKAI) on his telephone +233-5420-30681 upon the receipt
of this mail.
Please Use Your Name (AS SUBJECT) On Your Reply to Avoid Wrong Payment.
Regards,
Mrs. Felicia Gbesemete, (Publication & Public Relation officer).
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana & GNPC.
Main Office, P. O. Box GP 768
Accra, Ghana.
— This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
RuneScape – Final warning: Legal actions for Real-World Trading (case No. zbssPHjlj)
Real-world trading destroys the economy of RuneScape, violates your agreement with us, and any player that continues to engage in the illegal activity has no place in our community.
All of your accounts, main and otherwise, are now on our watch list and will be monitored for real-world trading. Regardless of who you are or how long you’ve been with us, if you decide to real-world trade ever again we will have no hesitation in: (1) permanently removing your account from our wonderful community in order to protect Jagex’s rights, and (2) naming you as a defendant in Jagex Limited v. John Does, which is a lawsuit based on antitrust law violations that is currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Civ. Action No. SANC-V12-00972-CGC).
If you decide to ignore this email and instead continue Real-World Trading, we (Jagex Ltd) reserve our rights to pursue statutory damages against you for between $200 to $2,500 per act of past, present, and/or future real-world trading in accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1304(c)(2).
In addition, new infractions have been added to your RuneScape account. If left unchallenged your account will be temporarily or permanently suspended.
Please complete the following security form to monitor your account’s status or to appeal the infractions you have recieved:
http://secure.runescape.com/zbssPHjlj/m=weblogin/g=runescape/index.ws?mod=offence-appeal&ssl=1
Please note: Due to recent technical problems, some accounts were unfairly punished. Most of the void infractions have been removed. You should visit the appeal section to appeal any unjustified infractions received due to system errors.
Sincerely,
Mod Mark.
© 2012 All rights reserved by Jagex Ltd. and RuneScape.
Privacy Policy, Terms And Conditions: http://www.jagex.com/corporate/terms.ws.
St. John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB5 1WS, England.
PCEU of the Metropolitan Police
This was sent to me in our local Neighbourhood Watch news email.
A) NEVER send money to ANYONE that asks you to pay by UKASH to unblock your computer/ send you (fake) winnings. ONLY use UKASH vouchers if you are 100% certain that you know who you are giving their code to.
This person’s computer had been infected by malware. If this happens to you. Download and scan your computer with the free version of Malwarebytes (www.malwarebytes.org) AND superantispyware (www.superantispyware.com)
While using the Internet, a resident in Ledbury noticed an icon of a Policeman appear on the screen saying “Stop! Your computer has been blocked by the PCEU of the Metropolitan Police”. To get your computer unblocked you are rquired to send £100 by UCASH Payment to PO Box 38451
Euro Lottery – Phone Scam
This scam was sent to me in our local Neighbourhood Watch news email. It’s a telephone scam. NEVER send money to ANYONE who claims you have won money.
a) you can’t win a lottery that you haven’t entered
b) if you do win a lottery that you have entered, you will NEVER be asked to send money to receive your winnings.
A resident in the Ledbury area had a call from someone called Rob on 0208 8193941 saying that she had not claimed 14,000 Euros (£12,000) in the Euro Lottery. She knew this was not possible as she had not entered the Lottery, however he told her that she could claim the money if she took a photo ID, mobile phone and £500 cash to Western Union, Eign Gate, Hereford HR4 0AB. By filling in a ‘Sending Form’ and phoning the above number he would then guide her through. When he told her that she should fill the country to send the £500 to as India, alarm bells rang.
My Estate Funds-Treat As Urgent
I think this scammer might need to go back to scam school. Clearly this scammer has copied their ridiculous story from somewhere. “Alisha Mustafa” claims to be in Benin. But as you can see at the bottom of her email, it was sent from a hotel in China!
Ignore this scammer.
Hello,
I am Alisha Mustafa, 24years old girl from Libya Republic. I know we have not had any previous relationship before so I hope you will consider reading further as I mean no harm, all for good. I came from the Family of Mustafa in Libya and my father is Late Army Colonel Ahmed Abdul Mustafa who worked with the late dictator of Libya (Al-Qaddafi) on crude oil export and management in Libya until his death. I lost my father and mother and my only brother during the recent Al-Qaddafi political war in Libya but before my dad died in the hospital he gave me documents and a name of a banker in Benin republic where he has transferred all his assets. I am here in Benin Republic now and have confirmed the deposit of US$58Million deposited by my late father in ECO BANK here in Benin Republic.
I need your help to relocate these funds to your country in your bank account. I have been very sick because of neck injury I sustained from the riot and I have continued my treatment here in Benin Hospital. You can be rest assured that your reward will be handsome and the management of these funds will be placed under your care.
If you will assist me, please send me your full names, telephone, address and passport. I will send you the documents pertaining to this transaction and my personal photos.
Awaiting your anticipated positive response
Alisha Mustafa.
Message sent using NanSha Grand Hotel Mail Server
RE:RECEIPT
It’s obvious that this scammer doesn’t know my name as he starts his email with “Dear Sir”. For the record, I’m a woman. It also seems that this scammer doesn’t know his own name, as he hasn’t bothered to sign his scam email.
Would you trust a scammer who doesn’t even know his own name? Come to that, would you trust a scammer? I hope not. Just ignore this idiot, who is hoping you will send him your money.
Dear Sir,
I wish to relate a very important message to you concerning a business plan. I am not so used to the internet and
I do not know if it is quite safe to share this information with you on the internet without anyone else knowing about it and for this reason,
I will not disclose my real identity until we have had the opportunity to make telephone contact. ensure you relate back your interest to me
_______________________________________________________________
Care2 makes it easy for everyone to live a healthy, green lifestyle and impact the causes you care about most. Over 18 million members! http://www.care2.com
Feed a child by searching the web! Learn how http://www.care2.com/toolbar
Respond to my offer.
Oh look, yet another soldier who has access to “funds” from Afghanistan. If this were true (which it isn’t) then a) they wouldn’t tell the whole world by sending out thousands of random emails and b) they would move the money quietly out of the country themselves, anonymously.
This email was sent from Indian, not Afghanistan. It was sent by a scammer who is hoping that you will start sending them your money. Ignore him.
Hello,
I am Captain Lisa Macey 3rd Brigade Support Battalion US Army in Afghanistan. we have some amount of funds that we want to move out of the Afghanistan, If you are interested I will furnish you with more details.
View the following link to verify source of the business: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
Regards,
Capt. Lisa Macey.
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME WORK FOR GOD.?
Have you noticed how many widowed, rich, childless women are dying of cancer and all are willing to send me their vast fortunes. This one tells me “It is my pleasure to write to you”. May I add that it is “my pleasure to receive a contribution to this anti-scam website”.
Yes, like all the rest, “STELLA GALLAS” is a scammer. She’s not a widow, she’s not rich, she’s not dying, she might not even be a woman. Just ignore her, she only wants to get her hands on your money.
Dearest one in the Lord.
It is my pleasure to write to you after considering your profile, My
name is STELLA GALLAS a nationality of Kuwait. I am married to
MR.MARTINS GALLAS who worked with Kuwait company in LONDON for nine
years before he died in the year 2006. We were married for eleven
years without a child, he died after a brief illness that lasted for
only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christians.
When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of
$8.3Million(Eight Million three hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) with a
BANK here in LONDON Presently, this money is still with the CITIBANK
LONDON here. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the
next three months due to cancer problem.
Though what disturbs me most is my stroke. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund
to church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize
this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church that
will use this fund to;churches,orphanages, Research centers and widows
propagating to the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is
maintained.
The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth.
I took this bold decision because I don’t have any child that will
inherit this money and my husband’s relatives are not Christians and I
don’t want my family hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I
don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.
I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going to. I know that
I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that
the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. With God all
things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you
the contact of the BANK. I will also issue you a letter of authority
that will empower you as the new beneficiary of this fund. I want you
and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my Shepherd.
My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.
Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and
truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in
your reply will give me room in sourcing for a church or Christian
individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated here in.
Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.
Yours-in-Christ,
MRS. STELLA GALLAS
Terry Philips – Romance Scammer
A reader has emailed me to tell me how she was nearly taken in by a romance scammer. Fortunately she realised something wasn’t right when he started telling her stories about ridiculous gifts and courier companies. The next step would undoubtedly have been requests for money.
The website for the, supposed, courier company is a scam website. It is a copy of a legitimate site owned by an Australian Courier company and the domain name (.rapidcourieronline.com) was registered on 10 July 2012.
NEVER send money to someone you have met online, no matter how plausible their story. Also, study the scammer’ techniques if you are looking at internet dating. Poor use of language and over use of flattery are giveaways.
I received a friend request on Facebook and realize this guy is scamming me..we spoke via email about 5 times and suddenly the darling, kisses messages came through…he keeps asking for my tel nr so the courier company can contact me etc. etc.
Here are the last 2 mails
Hi Darling,
Am sorry for not writing you!!!! Went out of town and shopping along side, miss reading your mails! Honey I still sent the Gift as promised today and I put so many surprises. You will scream when you find out the most precious gift amongst all the items I put in the parcel. I think about you day after day, minutes after minutes and sec after secs. I love you my honey.
I don’t know if I have told you what is inside the parcel of the gift before,,,,, hummmm do you know what I put inside the parcel I put the sum of 100,000pounds, Electronic Dictionary, A model HP laptop, gold wristwatch, Apple iphone, Brown Envelope sealed, flowers, 7 Copies Of my Photograph, Manchester united football Club jersey and others that I want them to be a surprise to you. .hahaha, Honey the 100,000pounds is for you to help me pay for the apartment where I will stay when I come and also help me buy the jeep I hope you understand me honey I love you so much please as soon as you receive the parcel from the courier services just let me know so that we make more plans because I really want to enjoy my self with you hehe… have a nice time I love you hummkisss…
The name of the courier services company is RAPID COURIER this is the website ( www.rapidcourieronline.com) and the TRACKING NUMBER for the parcel is( REPTRK4115) and the pin code is (TerryKriel) they will deliver the parcel to you as soon as possible. Hummm kisses…please as soon as you receive the gift let me be informed. Honey make sure you always track the parcel for update ok.
KISSES!!!!!!!!!
Terry Philips
?
From: Terry Banks To: “my reader” Sent: Monday, 6 August 2012, 14:26Subject: Details received?
Hello Sweetie,How are you today, I am mailing to let you know that I receive your details sweetie and I am very happy that you have given me a chance to show you a little of how much I love. Honey you are going to love the gifts ok. I will and look for a convenient time to send you the gift because I am always very busy. Baby In my thoughts of you there are an underlying love that is present in every word, every glimpse I hope you feel it as I do, for it is what I am and ever I will be. I am thinking of you, in everything I do now. If it’s wrong to love you, then my heart just won’t let me be right. ‘Cause I’m drowned in you, and I won’t pull through, without you by my side.Thinking of you makes my life complete. You’re my golden clouds; you’re my smile. You are all the soulful love songs within my spirit, like an angel calling me… perfect for my soul. So, here I am, all by myself, thinking of you – no one else. There’s a feeling inside and as hard as I try, it just won’t go away. I will inform you when I send the gift ok. As for the accommodation I think I prefer the Grand Daddy Hotel, I would arrange how the booking and buying of the jeep would be in my subsequent mail to you.Please baby can you also enclosed your cell number so that the courier agent can contact you when the gift arrives your country because I am planning to send it tomorrow because I will be going offshore by Wednesday.Waiting your reply!!!!!!!Kisses!!!!!!!!
We only ever spoke as friends, till I decided to see if he is trying to scam me.
Join Me In This
You’ve heard of inflation? I’m sure you have. There seems to be inflation in scam land. Why pretend to offer your potential victim a few million dollars when you can pretend to offer them $224.5m? No-one who had access to that kind of money would send you a random email addressing you as “Dear Friend”. Just ignore this idiot.
Dear Friend,
I want you to be patient and read through the content of this mail to understand how we intend making you the sole beneficiary of the entire funds without complication and hitch free process.
I am W S H Laidlaw, Chief Executive Officer of Centrica plc, Director HSBC and A member of the Remuneration Committee.
A late client in our bank who was an investor made a numbered Fixed deposit for 48 calendar months, with a value of $224,500,000.00 USD (Two Hundred and Twenty Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) in my bank HSBC Bank USA.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to my client so that you will be able to receive his funds. I have transferred the entire funds (Two Hundred and Twenty Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) to an affiliate online bank before my Government would take custody of the funds due to no beneficiary and no one will ever come forward to claim it.
REQUIREMENT AS A NEXT OF KIN:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I am in contact with an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to my late client through obtaining the required document including the Certificate of Deposit to be issued in your name. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for onward custody of the funds by you from the online bank.
There is no risk involved in the matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. The funds is currently in custody of the online bank awaiting claim I would provide you the necessary paper works to forward to the online bank as confirmation that you are taking custody of the transferred funds and once the entire funds have been transferred to your home bank account from the online bank we shall share in the ratio of 50% each as Partners in this deal which I plan on investing my share of the funds in your country as co-partner with you.
For the attorney to begin the paperwork’s processing on your behalf, the below complete information’s would be required:
Full Names:
Age:
Full Contact/Postal Address:
Occupation:
Direct Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Your earliest response and decision to this detailed mail will be very much appreciated.
Regards,
W. S. H. Laidlaw.
wsamlaidlaw@gmail.com
Hello My Dear
You know the story of this one – she’s rich, she’s dying, she’s widowed and she will send all her money to me, or you, or any of the thousands of people who received this email.
Ignore this scammer.
Hello My Dear,
How are you doing today? I know that you may find it strange to read my mail, but i please for you to go through my message and Allah/God will bless you abundantly.
I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart because my Doctor just announce to me that I will die in few months time because of extent damage of esophageal cancer. I have been suffering from this dreaded sickness for long, base on this development I want to will my money which is deposited in a security company to an individual who is willingly to build a charity home for orphanage and abandoned kids.
I am in search of a reliable person who will use the Money to build charity organization for the saints and the person will take 30% of the total sum. While 70% of the money will go to the charity and orphanage. I am from Sarawak Malaysia, my husband died 8 years ago as a result of car accident. i don’t want a friend or someone i know to handle this project. I want the actualization of my dream to establish this charity home to come in reality even while am dead.
The total money in question is three million five hundred thousand united states dollars(3.5musd). I will provide you with other information’s once you indicate your willingness.
Yours Sincerely.
SURIANI BINTI RUJI
MTCN: 1450919436
You know that Microsoft don’t hold random draws for no reason and decide to send people money via Western Union. The only money that will exchange hands by WU is any money you are daft enough to send to this scammer. That’s what this scammer wants – your money. Ignore him (or her).
Dear Recipient Beneficiary,
This is to inform you that your e-mail address was selected and confirmed by Microsoft International promotions, through our latest internet software. You have been
approved by MICROSOFT® CORPORATION GH the sum of US$200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). These funds are in cash, credited to
a valid cashier’s check, with a winning Registration Serial Code: SA-03602
Here is the western union information for US$5000.00 first installment payment.
log in with your recipient Email Address via our online account link !<http://plazaaltavistazofri.cl/PRENDIENDO/wp-admin/john.html>
to access and withdraw fund.
MTCN: 1450919436
Winning Ticket: 7044026
Serial Code: SA-03602
Total Amount to be remitted in your favor: US$200,000.00
Fist Amount :USD5000.00, MTCN: 1450919436
Sender’s Name :Mrs. Celia Paterson
Text Question :Sender
Answer :Paterson
Amount :US$5000.00
Track the payment via online @ or the above link with winning e-mail addres eg yourname@domain and input your password,
get back to me for a follow up,while I wait for your call to enable release the thebalance of US$195,000.00 into your account or by a valid cashier’s check
to your addres. Contact Payment Officer:Rev. Errica Davidson [info2012form@yahoo.com]
Yours in service,
Rev. Errica Davidson
(Payment Officer) ICT Consult Unlimited®GH
For: Microsoft Promotion Award Team.
West Africa Chapter (Cotonou-Benin/Ghana Provincial)
Microsoft Winning Notification Copyright © 2012 Microsoft® Inc. GH.
WINDOWS LIVE®/MICROSOFT® INTERNATIONAL®ROTARY-BN/GH PROMOTION 2012
Re: Your Insurance funds
This scammer isn’t a legal counsel to anyone. They can’t tell you the last name of their late client, because he didn’t exist. This scammer is hoping the idea of millions of dollars in cash will tempt you to reply – at which point the scammer will start asking you to send them money – and will continue asking you for money for as long as you are prepared to send it. Ignore him.
Dear Beloved.
I am Valerie W. Hopkins legal counsel of a late client that bear the same last name with you; My late client died in a ghastly accident along with his entire family on the morning of November 12, 2007 while in active service and the Insurance is willing to pay you as only Her apparent, his Insurance Policy he acquired since 1996 here in the United Kingdom.
I have tried to reach you by courier, but the letter was returned undelivered. According to his WILL, I now try to reach you by e-mail to present you as the beneficiary to the bequest of the Life Insurance Policy amounted to the sum of 7.7Million in the Legal Currency of the United States of America.
Kindly forward your personal details as listed below to enable me file necessary datas on your behalf and facilitate the release of the bequest to you as Her apparent/next of kin and legal beneficiary.
Personal details needed: Full name, Address, Tel/fax no., Date/Place of birth, Your occupation.
Feel free to reach me any time for back up documents and for better guidance to facilitate the remittance of these funds to you.
Yours in service
Valerie W. Hopkins
legal counsel in charge
Email: babettesheere@yahoo.com
Tel: +447024039626
Please Get Back To Me Asap
I hope you don’t really believe that the manager of a branch of a major bank would write to you out of the blue and address you as “Dear Friend”. Nor would he be offering millions of dollars to a random, unknown person(s). Ignore this scammer whose only interest in money is in yours. He’s hoping you will start sending him money. Don’t.
Mr. Ching Hsing Kao
Shanghai Commercial bank
383 East Valley Boulevard, Alhambra, CA 91801
United States of America
Dear Friend,
You may wonder why I am reaching out to you in spite of friends that I have known for years, the singular reason is that I have by the very nature of this proposition and the required confidentiality decided to deal with a person that I have not known before so that we can develop the trust and execute this transaction without a third person knowing.
Kindly note that I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose to reach you through it because it is the fastest and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is un-official and private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is hitch free from all what you may think of and has no trace of illegalities.
I am Mr. Ching Hsing Kao, Branch Manager of the Shanghai Commercial Bank, Alhambra Branch, California USA. I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this transaction. The Management and the Legal department of our bank, (Shanghai Commercial Bank) in a recent meeting recommended that the account of Christopher Michael Benoit who was one of my branch depositors, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor’s fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to American Banking and financial law.
MR. CHRISTOPER MICHAEL BENOIT was an account holder in my branch; he owns a dollar account worth the sum of US$62.4M (Sixty Two Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my branch. Late Chris Benoit was the former heavy weight champion of the World Wresting Entertainment who was found dead alongside his wife and only son on June 24th, 2007. Investigation from his death revealed that he committed suicide after killing his wife and only son and was stated that he committed this crime under the influence of hard drug.
Since his death in 2007, the management of my bank has made series of efforts to locate any of his family members but all efforts were unsuccessful and Late Christopher Benoit had no beneficiary to this account. This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in, I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased; I will give you the relevant documents and contacts to file the application and then effect the approvals for the transfer of the money, I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle it. I have all the titled documents to back your claim and as the Branch Manager of this branch, it is in my power to carry out any form of verification on the beneficiary of the said account, process the fund and wire without any problem.
Kindly note that my work and position would be at risk should anything go wrong so I need you to think about this and get back to me and I will give you further details on how this can be handled successfully and without any problem. Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction. I will use my position to get all internal documentations to back up the claims. Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as I am in position to affix your name as the next of kin. The whole Procedures will last only 9 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the transfer of the money we shall share the money 60-40.That is I will have 60% while you will have 40%.
Kindly respond promptly so that I can advice you on the next step to follow.
I will be waiting to hear from you.
Yours truly,
Mr. Ching Hsing Kao
Reservation Confirmation [2049819], Thu, 2 Aug 2012 12:57:42 +0100
DO NOT OPEN the attachment to this email. It is a .zip file and will contain a worm or trojan that will infect your computer.
You haven’t made a reservation, neither have I.
Hotel Confirmation:
5908374
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 12:57:42 +0100 —
Herewith you receive the electronic reservation for your hotel. Please refer to attached file for full details.
Arrival: Monday, August 06, 2012
Departure: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Number of rooms: 2
Sincerely,
Customer Service Team
Booking.com http://www.booking.com
Your Reference ID is: 3589385
The Booking.com reservation service is free of charge. We do not charge you any booking fees or administration fees, and in many cases rooms offer free cancellation.
-Booking.com guarantees the best hotel rates in both cities and regional destinations – ranging from small family hotels to luxury hotels.
(UNICEF)
This email DOES NOT come from Unicef. Look at the email address it was sent from. In this case it appears to have come from an email address associated with a university in Algeria. Possibly the account has been hacked.
DO NOT send money to this scammer. It won’t go to Unicef and it won’t be used to help people living with AIDS. If you want to make a donation to Unicef, go their genuine website http://www.unicef.org/
FROM.MARIA-ROSLYN PAUL
SENIOR WELARE CO-ORDINATOR
PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA
(UNICEF),COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN
WESTERN AFRICA.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHELDREN’S EMERGENCY FUNDS (UNICEF)
We the unicef here in cotonou benin republic western africa has to bring
to your notification that we do need your assistance to join hands in
helping people living with HIV/AIDS and other healness including malaria
in this country because people are dying here everyday,men,women and
children.
This dying fathers,mothers and children are suffering for insufficient
healthcare medication in their verious communities here in this country
including lack of clean healthy waters,sheltters,hunger and
stervention,treated net to prevent mosquito bit to save them for malaira.
Please good people of GOD ALMIGHTY all over the world we please uage you
to please support unicef in improving the lives of people living with
HIV/AIDS so that the world can be a better place for everyone especially
those living with HIV/AIDS and malaria healness that do need our help and
support.
Please kind and caring people mention what exactly you can provide for us
so we can start to save lives today,remember nothing you give to this
dying people is too small and GOD ALMIGHTY will pay you and family back
abodantly.
DRUG AND DOCTORS:
NURSES:
CASH ASSISTANCE:
FOOD SUPPLY:
GOOD WATER SUPPLY:
PROVISION OF TREATED NET TO PREVENT MALARIA HEALNESS:
Our Email:(Unicef.benin@hotmail.com)
This are what we need in helping this dying people in other to give them
live again.
Please mention which of this you can kindly provide to save lives and we
will never stop pra ying for you and your family.
Thanks so much and GOD bless
Rev.jerome payne.
JobOffer.
I wonder if this scammer has decided whether his ridiculous salary offers are “per year” or “per month”. Cunard don’t send out random emails offering you jobs. You have to apply to them or their agents, submit a proper CV and attend an interview.
This is a scammer who is just hoping you will reply. If you do, the scammer will start asking you for money. If you really want to work for Cunard, go to this site http://www.cunard.co.uk/About-Cunard/Employment/
We want to to inform you that vacancies is now on on Job Salary: Depending on your roll of specialization, Salary Ranging from 3500.00 GBP to 7500.00 GBP or negotiable and We shall take care of your Transportation expenses, Accommodation, feeding and a month
training on arrival.If you are interested to work with us in any position,
immediately with your personal details including your roll of profession/Skill of Specialization.
Regards
Captain Carlos Peeler
Scam SEO Companies
I am often contacted by SEO companies, usually poorly worded, unsolicited emails. Often telling me that my site can have a better position for its keyword – which tells me immediately that they couldn’t be bothered to do even basic research before emailing me. A few months ago I was contacted by a company offering to improve the position of my site (ledburybedandbreakfast.info) for its keyword. (It’s no1 for its keyword and has been for a few years). I replied to them and pointed this out. Their reply? “What’s your keyword”. Epic fail.
Today, an even more epic fail. This seo company claims to serve “Chicago and Atlanta”, although I doubt that they even know where those two cities are. Why do I say that? Because they claim to use “ethical practices” – an obvious lie, as they have just posted a spam advert for their services on a stolen property register that I run. Even to the point of listing the Police force they claim to have reported the theft to.
Ethical? NO. Their spam advert has gone, but I’m posting this as a warning – if you are contacted by this company, ignore them. Their seo techniques will harm your site, not improve it and I doubt that most of the links they build for you will last longer than it takes site owners to remove them.
Here they are~: http://www.360searchvertising.com/seo-chicago-atlanta.html
Interestingly, nowhere on their site do they say who they actually are or where they are based. If you are using this company, make sure you know where they are posting your links.
Can you arrange charity organization?
Oh – you know the story of this one. “Mrs Sim Anna” is rich, dying of cancer, childless, widowed and her wicked relatives are trying to get their hands on her cash – all of which she is willing to send to you, someone she has never even heard of.
Now, does that sound likely? Of course it doesn’t. If you make the mistake of answering this scammer you will find yourself being asked to send them money. Ignore him (or her)
Good day
I do pray that this email meets you well. My name is Mrs Sim Anna. I am a citizen of Cambodia. I was married to late Seng David, An Asian American citizen, former finance controller attached to American Embassy in Cambodia south East Asia. We owned an import/export company (SENDAV SEA FOOD LTD) which operate in Vietnam, China and Cambodia.
Though we haven’t met or seen each other before, but i believe that nature has a way of Bringing people together for a Particular Purpose. Me and my late husband has no kids left for all we had. I am presently sick with a severe cancer. I am in the hospital undergoing treatment now. I will be going for surgery in less than 6 days. I don’t know what may happen to me. As I don’t have a child that will inherit our money.
My husband relatives have pounded all our family properties since my ill health started. That was the reasons I decided to contact you for charity organization in your country to help the poor. If you are capable to set up this charity organization in your country. I will offer you ($10.5million usd) for the help of the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.
This funds is deposited in my fixed deposit account. If you could get this funds in your possession and make this charity plans done and successfully, you would be entitled to 5% of all the funds, while the remaining 95% will be used to set up a foundation in my husband’s name (SENG DAVID FOUNDATION), which will be used to help the less privileged. At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls due to the fact that my husband relatives are around me and my health status.
Please feel free to contact my lawyer in charge of the funds. He will direct YOU to the bank and arrange the transfer document of the funds from my fixed deposit account to your preferred account as the beneficiary to them. My lawyer contact is stated below
Barrister. Sovann Pang Lee
E-mail: barr.sovannpanglee@aol.com
TEL- +855-97917-5270
Please note that my lawyer will check on you as a trustee to make sure the fund was utilized according to my last wish. Without your reply in a short while, I will source for another person who will make use of this opportunity before is too late for me.
Remain blessed.
Mrs Sim Anna
Postal Inheritance Scams
I’m reminded to day that the inheritance scams that are common on this site aren’t just sent by email. Many people receive letters in the post telling the same ridiculous stories that are reproduced on this site daily.
They all follow a theme: Some mega rich person that you have never heard of has died or is dying and doesn’t have any relatives. This mega rich person has decided to leave all their money to you.
I’ve never, personally, received one of these letters, but there was a very sad article on a newspaper website today about a vulnerable elderly person who was taken in. Seeing how much money she sent to the scammer makes you realise just why the scammers persist. This scammer earned more from one scam that most of us earn for many years of work.
This article also warns of another type of scam – people who phone you and tell you scare stories and then demand money.
If someone phones you, telling you that you can committed some offence which can be overturned/put write if you pay them money, put the phone down.
One warning is being asked to purchase money vouchers and then they will phone you back for the voucher code. Ignore them.
For The Benefit Of Less Privileged;
Have you noticed how many mega rich people there are (apparently) from the Cote D’Ivoire, Benin, Nigeria and other African countries who are (allegedly) dying and willing to send their multi millions overseas to someone they don’t know. Here’s yet another one. Usual story, rich, widowed and (surprise) dying.
And. As usual, it’s all a ridiculous story from a scammer who wants to get their hands on your cash. Ignore him.
For The Benefit Of Less Privileged Children,
I am writing this mail to you With due respect, trust and humanity, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter, I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important message, I sincerely writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, I will really like to have a good understanding with you and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation.
My name is Mrs Kate Millen Abraham writing you from hospital bed, Therefore this message is very urgent. I have a donation to make which I will need your assistance to carry it out for me, I will be 62 years old this coming August, I’m a widow and a servant of the lord for the past 38 years in Ivory Coast.
I have sum of $4.4 Million, Four Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars with my late husband Mr. Millen Abraham, I want to give it out to Orphanages homes and Charity Organizations as a vow which I made before the lord.
I have a serious lung and breast cancer and will be going for my third surgical operation next two weeks, though the doctors had already confirmed that I will only last for some months but I am happy and glad that the lord has kept me safe and guided me to accomplished my desires here on earth, I will be happy to meet him where he wants me to be.
I want you to contact my house helper, I have given him the documents of the funds and have directed him to a lawyer that will assist you to change the documents of the fund to your name to enable my Bank to transfer the fund to you.
Frederic Rousseau Kouassi.
Address: Avenue 16, Wade Ave,
Abidjan 16, Cote d’Ivoire.
Email: fredrk17@yahoo.co.jp
He will give you the documents and will direct you to the lawyer that I have appointed to him to assist you, The lawyer will do everything on your behalf to assure the success of my fund transferring to you.
This is the favor i need from you when you received the money under your control.
(1) Give 10% of the money to Frederic Rousseau Kouassi as he has been here for me throughout my illness and I have promised to support him, therefore you will take him as my or your child.
(2) Give 60% of the money to Charity organizations, Orphanage homes and Churches e.t.c, on my name so that my soul may rest in peace.
(3) The remaining 30% should be for you and others that you may wish to assist. If you did not contact my house helper in few days to come then i will be looking for someone else.
May God give you a good heart to assist me for the benefit of suffering children and use you to accomplish my wish.
Remain Blessed.
Mrs Kate Millen Abraham.
''Dear friend''
I’m sure I’ve posted this scam on here before – but here it is again. Somehow I don’t think that Mr Dawes would send you a random email from a yahoo.cn address if he wanted to make charitable donations. I imagine he would go work through his solicitor. A real solicitor that is, not some random idiot offering to send you millions of pounds.
This is a scammer, who simply wants to get his horrid filthy mitts (UK expression for hands) on your money. Ignore him.
Dear friend
This is a personal email directed to you. I am Dave Dawes, my fiancee and
I won a Jackpot Lottery of £101 million pounds ($156 million) in
October, and have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of £1 million
pounds ($1.56 million) to you as part of our own charity project to
improve the lot of 5 unknown lucky individuals all over the world plus 15
close friends and family. If you have received this email then you are
one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to us so
that we can send your details to the payout bank.
You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html
Best of luck,
Dave Dawes.
Email: helpdask@yahoo.cn
Tel: +44-702-408-6681
YOUR ATM CARD IS READY NOW
You know that you aren’t expecting an ATM card with $2.5m from someone in Nigeria!
I can’t work out how this scammer has managed to make the link in this email work. It appears to take you to the real ups website, and you appear to get a real answer when you enter the tracking number. I might have to email ups and ask them if they know what the scammer did. It’s possible they actually booked a real parcel into the system to obtain a real tracking number.
Whatever the scammer has done – it’s still a scam. If you make the mistake of giving the scammer your real address details you will find yourself on the receiving end of a demand for money for delivery. Ignore this scammer.
Dear Customer,
This email is coming to you as a reminder concerning your pending package
that has been with us for a long time. As you already know that this
package is containing an International ATM CARD in your name and in the
amount of $2.5 million usd.
This email is to let you know that our delivery team has finally carried
out delivery of your package. The package left Lagos Nigeria on 02/07/2012
and since on the 02/21/2012, it has been in Louisville, KY, United States
awaiting custom clearance.
To track your package, go to www.UPS.com and insert the tracking number
below to view delivery status. www.UPS.com
Tracking Number: H8640250193
On the tracking page you will see that this package is going to a wrong
address. This is because you have refused to give us your cooperation. You
are hereby adviced to provide us with the below details so we can
immediately have it sent out to our deliverymen in Louisville, KY.
Your Name(In Full):
Your Delivery Address:
Your Direct telephone Number:
Please note that you are required to provide a redirection fee of $95 which
you are to make available to this office via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
in the name of our accounting officer stated below.
Receivers Name: Akuchukwu Elijah
Receivers Address: Lagos-Nigeria
Text Question: White
Text Answer: Red
MTCN no:……………….
upon receiving your correct details and the payment MTCN from you, we will
immediately notify the Airport Authorities in USA and the package will be
redirected to your correct address immediately.
(john_andre20@yahoo.com) This is important and as such your
immediate response will do you Good.
Management,
Mr.John Andrew
?1994-2012 United Parcel Service of America, Inc
Urgent
You have to admire this scammer for making up a long, complicated, meaningless, story. You haven’t been watched by Interpol, the FBI or the British High Commission. Why would they suddenly decide to pay thousands of dollars to every worldwide victim of scams? They don’t even know who you are.
This is a scammer, who wants to take your money from you. Ignore him or her.
Good Day
This is the internet fraud unit of the Interpol police, we have been
mandated by the British High Commission and the FBI to combat internet
fraud and our monitoring device picked up several signal transaction on
your server and since then we have been monitoring all your internet
transaction and we have just discovered that you have been into series of
transaction and we have been on the trail ever since.
From our investigation you have been into a transaction worth of millions
of dollars which you have spent money on, and we discovered from our
investigation that you have been dealing with the wrong people. A
compensation of six hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars
($650,000.00) has been allocated to all Americans, Arabians, Europeans,
canadians and Asian citizen who have been scammed and harassed on the
internet. We are also been backed up by the UNITED NATIONS. We have been
investigating emails been directed to selected individuals.
We want to clear your doubts; you are to continue your transaction with
Robert Nicholas ( paymentunit.officer@execs.com ) of the compensation
payment department immediately.Please you are to notify us when you
receive this email.
You are not to disclose this information to a third party as we are on the
trail to get all perpetrators of cyber crime.
Thank you for your understanding
Faithfully
Bryan Anderson
Head Internet Fraud Unit.
MY WILL
How thoughtful of “Mr.NABIH YUSUF” to think of me just as he is dying and want to send me his “funds”. I imagine you were thinking the same when you received this daft email. Except, of course, that “Mr.NABIH YUSUF” isn’t dying of cancer. He’s alive and well and very much hoping that you will start sending him your money. He’s a scammer – ignore him.
I am dying of cancer,i have funds deposited in a bank i would like you to help
me distribute to the needy,orphan,reply:87657699YUSUF@contractor.net
An error of the parcel’s delivery
I think this scammer is a little confused, poor thing. He or she should have spent more time concentrating on lessons while they were at school.
The “Royal Mail” operates in the UK (the clue’s in the Royal bit, we have a Queen!!). Nashville is in the USA where they use dollars. The Royal Mail would charge you in pounds. If they can’t deliver a parcel they don’t send you an email. They return it to the sender, put a card through your door or just keep it.
DO NOT OPEN the attached file. It isn’t a mailing label, it’s a worm or trojan that will infect your computer.
Notification,
Your parcel can?€?t be delivered by courier service.
Status deny:Postal code isn?€?t valid.
LOCATION:Nashville
PARCEL STATUS: sort order
SERVICE: Express Mail
ITEM NUMBER:U652095161NU
FEATURES: Yes
Label is enclosed to the letter.
You should print the label and show it in the nearest post office to get a parcel.
Information in brief:
If the parcel isn?€?t received within 30 working days our company will have the
right to claim compensation from you for it’s keeping in the amount of $9.29 for
each day of keeping.
You can find the information about the procedure and conditions of parcels keeping
in the nearest office.
Thank you for attention.
Royal Mail Customer Services.
Email Award****
I think this scammer must have been reading this blog. Usually I take a poke at the lazy scammers who can’t be bothered to write more than a couple of idiotic lines. This scammer clearly knuckled down and spent a lot of time producing his fake certificate.
It’s all a load of old hogwash (quaint English term) – it’s a scam. As it says at the top of this site, you cannot win a lottery you haven’t entered and no organisation anywhere ever holds random email draws.
Ignore this scammer who is after your money.
This is to inform you of the release of the LA VERDE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on the 29th of June 2012, as part of our yearly lottery bonanza. Your Email attached to a ticket number 01-6076 with above stated reference number and batch number, drew the lucky numbers: 4-22-9-24-41-20 and won the lottery in the 3rd category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
You have therefore won the sum of 615,810.00 (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ten Euros only) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of 17,573,912.64 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twelve Euros and Sixty-Four Cents) shared among the international winners in this Category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system, drawn from Emails from Australia, Asia, Middle East, Africa, North and South America and Europe, as part of our yearly International Promotions, which is conducted twice a year. The biannual promotion is so far responsible for changing the lives of many people around the globe.
Attached to this Email is the winning details and a FORM which you have to complete and send back through FAX or Email attachment.Contact your claims officer with the below stated information for more details
CASA VERDE SEGUROS, S.A
Don. ANTONIO MANUEL ALFONSO
Email: alfonso.official@gmx.com
Yours Sincerely,
Tonia Garcia.
(P.R.O)
——————————
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF No: REF No: PHOG/77215047
BATCH No: EM/14/0017/ESP
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY. Date: 6th July 2012.
LA VERDE AWARD NOTIFICATION
This is to inform you of the release of the LA VERDE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS held on the 29th of June 2012, as part of our yearly lottery bonanza. Your
Email attached to a ticket number 01¡V6076 with above stated reference number and batch number, drew the lucky numbers: 4 ¡V 22 ¡V 9 ¡V 24 ¡V 41 ¡V 20
and won the lottery in the 3rd category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
You have therefore won the sum of £á615,810.00 (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ten Euros only) in cash. This is from a total
cash prize of £á17,573,912.64 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twelve Euros and Sixty-Four Cents)
shared among the international winners in this Category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system, drawn from Emails from
Australia, Asia, Middle East, Africa, North and South America and Europe, as part of our yearly International Promotions, which is conducted twice
a year. The biannual promotion is so far responsible for changing the lives of many people around the globe.
ALL TICKETS ARE BOUGHT AND PLAYED FOR INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS BY GOVERNMENT APPROVED LICENCED AUTHORITIES in
conjunction with the INTERNATIONAL LOTTO COMMISSION. Your fund is now deposited with our paying Bank and insured with a bond policy.
Please take note that in order to avoid a mix up of numbers,Emails, names and winnings, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until
your claim has been processed and your money is safely in your possession. This is in accordance to our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and illegal malpractices. We hope that your lucky name will draw a bigger cash prize in the next year¡¦s high stake of £á 1.3 Billion international lottery.
NOTE: THIS YEARS PROMOTION IS LARGELY SPONSORED BY PROMOTION COMPANIES, INDUSTRIALISTS AND SOME MULTI-NATIONAL
FIRMS.
To begin your lottery claims please contact your claims agent, Mr. ANTONIO M ALFONSO , the foreign operations manager CASA VERDE
SEGUROS S.A. MADRID, SPAIN on TEL: +34 651 036 503, FAX: +34 917 692 778, Email: alfonso.official@gmx.com, for processing and remittance
of your prize money to a designated account or a certified check. The prize winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press
anonymity till the end of transfer processing, and until when they so desire. Remember that all price money must be claimed not later than, 10th of
December 2012, after this date all funds will be returned to the Ministry of economics as unclaimed. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery
winnings will be paid back to new dawn security S.A., after you have received your winning.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers at all times.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Lottery receipts, tickets and certificates,
remain property of the Loteria y Apuestas Del Estado and are given to winners under International copyright laws.
Congratulations once again from all our staffs.
Sincerely
Dr. Antonia Garcia.
Sec General. NDL 18 34 48 25 17 ZX
ƒp¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K…¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K…ƒp
CASA VERDE SEGUROS S.A.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
FILL THIS FORM CORRECTLY AND FAX BACK TO: +34 917 692 778
TEL: +34 651 036 503 or EMAIL: alfonso.official@gmx.com
REFERENCE NUMBER:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡KBATCH NUMBER:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡KAMOUNT WON;…………………………………
FIRST NAME:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡KSURNAME¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡KDATE OF BIRTH¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡KOCCUPATION:……………¡K¡K…¡K.¡K
YOUR ADDRESS:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K..CITY:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K.ZIP CODE:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡KNATIONALITY:¡K¡K¡K¡K……………………..
TEL:………………………………………..FAX……………………………………….MOBILE…………………………………… EMAIL¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K…………………………………
PAYMENT OPTIONS (1) BANK TRANSFER (2) CERTIFIED CHEQUE
BANK NAME:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K..BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K
ROUTING NUMBER:/SWIFT CODE:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K BANK ADDRESS:¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K.¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K…
BANK PHONE/ FAX :¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K.
I,¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K., HEREBY DECLARE, THAT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED BEFOREHAND ANY PAYMENT ON MY BEHALF,
NOR HAS ANY FAMILY MEMBER FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF. I AUTHORIZE CASA VERDE SEGUROS TO ACT AS MY AGENT AND
FACILITATE THE PROCESS OF MY CLAIM.
SIGN: ¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K.. DATE : ¡K¡K.¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K..
LOTERIAS Y APUESTAS DEL ESTADOR. Calle Aurora No: 56, Alcala De Henares C.P 28204 Madrid Spain MOD.2534-12 (2.101.890) K-06 ¡V U. T 340
INT
ERN
ATI
ON
AL
LOT
TO
CO
MM
ISSI
ONR
MO
D.
1124
-01
(000.
900.
130)
W-
45-
A.U
078
Mystery Shopper Job Available.
“David Carter” doesn’t have a “Mystery Shopping Assignment in your area”. He doesn’t know who you are and has no idea where you live. Mystery shopping companies don’t send out random emails, they wait for people to apply online through their websites.
This is a scammer – who will probably invent a fake assignment for you then apparently send payment via cheque or to your bank. He will then ask you to forward part of the money to somewhere or someone else. Your bank will then withdraw the original payment as fraudulent, leaving you out of pocket and with no way of recovering the money you forwarded to the scammer.
We are mystery shopping company in the USA and We have a Mystery Shopping Assignment in your area and we would like you to participate.
If INTERESTED kindly send your RESUME containing details like e.g Full Names, Home Address, Home/Cell number,City,State, Zipcode and other details about you plus if any previous work experience you can include it in your resume
We will get back to you with further as soon as we receive your Resume. We await your response and We look forward to working with you.
David Carter
Secret Shopper(R)
Quote My Ref No.
How nice of “Pamela Rogers” to email thousands of random people telling them she’s left them millions of pounds, just as she is going “on a cancer surgery”. Not.
S/he isn’t having surgery, s/he doesn’t have cancer and s/he certainly doesn’t have millions of pounds. S/he’d like millions of pounds and she’ll happily start by taking as much money as you are willing to send her. She’s a scammer. Ignore him or her.
My name is Pamela Rogers, I am going on a cancer surgery today, I have left you 11.5 million British pounds to do good deeds for the work of the Lord.
Contact my solicitor quoting my ref no. CLY/011/RZZ/7350/5582/100SF/UK for further info. Barr. Lee Malcolm. barr.lee_mal@mygroupuser.com
CONTACT THIS MONEY GRAM OFFICE SO THAT YOU CAN START RECEIVING YOUR TRANSFER.
This scammer ends his ridiculous email with “THANKS AND GOD” – I think he means “Thank god I don’t have to write anymore of this drivel”.
Ignore this idiot, who is a scammer hoping to steal your money.
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY ,
WE THE MONEY GRAM URGENT REMMITTING OFFICE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF 900.000.00US D TO YOU THROUGH MONEY GRAM, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING 10.000.00USD PER DAY.
NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU.SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR Dr.Robert James AND ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO PICK UP YOUR FUNDS THROUGH MONEY GRAM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
HERE IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF MONEY GRAM
DIRECTOR GENERAL…Dr.Robert James
EMAIL ADRESS … ( monigramoffice@voila.fr )
PHONE NUMBER +229-969-63-321
THEN CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION.
YOUR NAME:_____________________
YOUR COUNTRY:______________________
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:____________________
YOUR ADDRESS:_____________________________
YOUR CITY:_____________________________________
YOUR AGE:_________________________________________
YOUR SEX:______________________________________________
CALL OR EMAIL HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN PROVIDE THE MONEY GRAM INFORMATION TO YOU AS URGENT AS YOU CAN.
THANKS AND GOD
Mr.Paul Smith
HELLO MY FRIEND
Do you really think that someone who wanted to invest $65m would send a random email to someone they don’t know headed “hello my friend”?? Of course they wouldn’t. They’d hire a top investment company to interview prospective business owners.
Ignore this twat, who is after your money.
To whom it may concern;
Re: Funds Investment and Management Placement of $65 Million.
We solicit for a private investor who wants to invest his financial estate
in long-term business venture in your country/company under your supervision.
You will be required to;
[1]. Receive the funds.
[2]. Invest and Manage the funds profitably.
My client is willing to negotiate Management sharing percentage after your acceptance.
We expect to hear from you urgently as this is a high priority Investment Placement
and kindly send your telephone number to enhance communication.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours Sincerely,
John Smith.
For: Investors trust.
Email:infointeragen965@aim.com
WILL
It seems this scammer has hacked into someone’s email account. They can’t be bothered to tell me who they are, or why they think “Barrister Hollis Whiteman” would use a gmail account to tell me I have been left millions of dollars. Back to scam school for this idiot.
Just ignore him or her. You know as well as I do that you have never heard of “Gianni Agnell” and aren’t expecting him to leave you millions of dollars.
we wish to inform you that late Gianni Agnell made you a beneficiary
of Thirty Million dollars in the Codicil and last testament to
his Will. For more
details Email Barrister Hollis Whiteman (lawfirm47@gmail.com
Loan Offer @ 3%
I hope no-one is daft enough to get taken in by this incompetent scammer. A loan scammer who can’t even be bothered to make up a story about his non-existent loan company. Where are his accrediations? Where is his company’s website? Where is his company’s address? How about his own full name?
This is a lazy scammer – ignore him.
If you need a loan look for your nearest local credit union. Never take a loan from anyone you don’t know without first checking their accrediations (remember anyone can claim to be accredited – check with the accrediting body to ensure they are legitimate). Make sure you know exactly how much you will be asked to pay back and make sure you get it in writing.
Do you need a loan @ 3%? Apply Now! Name, Amount and Duration.. Mr.Patrick
OPEN YOUR ATTACHMENT FOR YOUR AWARD CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL HAS WON
I can hardly begin to tell you what a piece of rubbish this scam is. A badly produced Word document, littered with spelling and grammar mistakes. A piece of total nonsense.
I hope you can see this. As it says at the top of this site, no company anywhere every holds random email draws. This is scammer who wants to get his hands on your money.
Yahoo Awards Center
124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2DB – United Kingdom
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Eight Hundred, Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£820,000,00.) for the month of July, 2012 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.
YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.
Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed no later than 30 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.
Stated below are your identification numbers:
BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2008234522
PIN: 1206
Winning Number:
These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM.
(CONTACT EVENTS ADMINISTRATOR)
Our Overseas Claim Agent
Name:Mrs Mercy Owen Adams & Associates(Esq.)
Legal attorneys Group: Stretford, Greater
Manchester M32 8QS England, UK
Tel 447035934799
Tel 447031742692
E:mail: mrs.mowen@superposta.com
You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to facilitate the release of your fund to you.
1. Full name………..
2. Country…………….
3. Contact Address………….
4. Telephone Number……….
5. Fax Number……………
6. Marital Status……….
7. Occupation…………….
8. My Date of birth…………
9. Sex………..
10. Batch Number………….
11.Reference Number…………..
12. Pin Number………..
13. Winning Number……….
14. Amount Won……….
15. Your Private Email………….
Congratulations!! Once again.
Yours in service,
Dr. (Mrs.) Tom Brown
——————————————————————–
Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.
You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.
Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from
The above mentioned.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
o
Asia/Cn domain name & Internet Keyword
Oh look, clearly “John” doesn’t read this blog. This is the same scam as this post http://keepsafeonthenet.co.uk/2010/12/asian-domain-registration-service-in-china/
No-one wants to register your domain name as their “internet keyword”. Clearly this idiot doesn’t even know what a “keyword” is. You don’t register them, they are the terms that people will use to find your site. As for registering similar domain names, no legitimate registrar anywhere looks to see who holds variations of a domain name that you want to register. If it’s available, you can register it. It’s none of the registrar’s business who holds other variations of the name. (Interestingly, they haven’t yet written to tell me that one of their non-existent clients wants to register keepsafeonthenet!!!)
Ignore this scammer, who just wants to take money from you
Dear Manager,
(If you are not the person who is in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO,Thanks)
This email is from China domain name registration center, which mainly deal with the domain name registration in China. We received an application from Hansen Ltd on July 2, 2012. They want to register ” yourdomainname ” as their internet keyword and China/Asia (CN/ASIA) domain names. But after checking it, we find this name conflicts with your company. In order to deal with this matter better, so we send you email and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China or not?
Best Regards
John
General Manager
Shanghai Office (Head Office)
3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road,
Xuhui District, Shanghai 200070, China
Tel: +86 216191 8696
Mobile: +86 1870199 4951
Fax: +86 216191 8697
Web: www.ygnetwork.com.cn
David Woods – Romance Scammer
A reader has sent me her story of nearly being taken in by a romance scammer. Fortunately she realised just in time. As you will see, the scammer asked her for $4500.
NEVER send money to someone you have only met online, however sad or plausible their story might be.
I fell hard for a romance scammer who told me his name was David Woods. He said he was from Cumberland, MD. (Lie) Checked out his address with real estate company. He kept me under his spell on Yahoo Messenger after meeting him on Match.com for 3 weeks, depriving me of sleep and hypnotizing me with heart and flowers environments, words of love he copied and pasted in emails, and a very sexy accent which I could not place. He told me he was Italian, but didn’t know the language when I wrote or spoke to him. He sent me roses, chocolate covered strawberries, and Teddy Bears. He was able to become the man of my dreams within days of talking to me. I hear scammer school is pretty tough… I was ripe for the picking due to my husband dying over 9 years ago and not going out since that time. After a month of romancing he said he had to leave on a business trip to Beijing. He gave me flight itnerary and kept calling me from a US number at the time. Then he ran into financial problems concerning the paperwork on his shipment from Beijing to Accra, Ghana. Now at the time I was completely unaware that it was the Scammer Capital of the World…(believe it or not) Had no idea what was going on in regards to scamming…he asked me to send him 4500.00 to complete the paperwork needed to let his shipment leave the customs area. I went to the bank and almost sent him the money when I had this feeling in my gut something was really wrong. I went home and looked up his name and it was plastered all over Google as the romance scammer from hell. I have since put his name and pictures on every scammer site I can find so trusting women all over the US and UK will not be taken in by this group, because there is never just one scammer in one of their con games….
TRANSFER BY INSTALLMENT ACCEPTED BY THE BANK !!!
Are you expecting millions of pounds from the “First Bank of Nigeria” – from someone using a rocketmail email address? Of course you aren’t.
This scammer blatantly tells you how much money they want you to send them – $300. If you make the mistake of sending the money, the scammer will think it is his lucky day and will try asking you to send more money. He’ll continue to ask you for money for as long as you are prepared to keep sending it.
INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
SUBJECT: TRANSFER BY INSTALLMENT ACCEPTED BY THE BANK
Independent of UN Organization
Westminster, City of London SW1A 2EL,
United Kingdom Tel: +447011196495
Attention:
Having understood your unstable situation, we in United Nations begged the First Bank Of Nigeria ,Lagos Branch to accept payment by installment on your behalf, to enable our beneficiaries receive their payment that we may reconcile with all countries of the world. We understood your plight as someone who has suffered a lot to get this fund into your private account.
Write the Bank and request that you want the money to be transferred to your account by installments, so that once the first payments enters into your account you can then use money from there to facilitate the transfer of the rest, once the first installments enters into your account that will equally give you another opportunity to do a test-transfer and withdrawal from your account to master Federal Reserve Online transfer procedure.
Suggestions:
If 50% of $600 is equal to = $300
By calculations: if $600 can handle US$10M $300 can also comfortably transfer the sum of US$5M. Once the US$5M is successfully transfer, you can withdraw money from there to handle the transfer of the rest US$5M.
NOTE: Write the Bank to tell them how much you have in hands so that the Bank calculate to tell how much you may receive as first payments-by installments, Do not be shy to indicate the amount you have in hands (no proper-amount is so small to trigger installments-payment base on our discussion with the Bank) so that the first payment will move to your account for you to confirm the existence of the fund before your proceed for the balance.
Finally, we have given instructions to the First Bank of Nigeria to release your Fund to you, so you are therefore advice to contact the GMD (Group Managing Director), First Bank of Nigeria with the following information. Person: Rev John Ikechukwu (GMD, First Bank of Nigeria) Office email address below:
Email: firstbank.internationaldeptdept@rocketmail.com
Send him your direct phone number and contact address as we sincerely apologize for the plight you have gone through in the past years while trying to receive your money. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.
MRS. BETTY WRIGHT.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE TO MR. BAN KI-MOON
(UN) SECRETARY GENERAL
Copyright (c) 2012
United Nation Organization
All Rights Reserved
Please I have a proposition from you
Whoever “Cpt Tom Hall” is, he most certainly isn’t an officer in the US Army – or any other army. He’s a scammer. He doesn’t have any items to ship to you, but he is hoping that you will send him money for the “shipment” of his non-existent items. In fact he will happily take as much money as you are prepared to send him, because he’s a scammer. Ignore him.
Hi,I am Cpt.Tom Hall an officer of the U.S Army, and I have some items I
will need to ship to you.Can you be trusted to handle some serious and
confidential transactions?I am willing to share more information about
this project with you,Please contact me asap.
Cpt.Hall
Approved
Why do you think that Blackberry would hold a draw for “ALL EMAIL USERS AND USERS OF ANY MOBILE PHONE”? They wouldn’t and they don’t.
You haven’t won anything. This is a scammer who is hoping you will believe their scam email, then they will start asking you to send them money. Ignore them.
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to inform you that your email address has won you £500,000 Great British Pounds in the on-going Blackberry Annual Anniversary. Your Ticket No.: BP 554-21 and Winning No.: 995/542/20. For claims of your won prize contact our online co-coordinator with below information.
Claim Manager
Name: Mrs. Dolly Pointer
Email: database@careceo.com
Direct No.: +44-701-113-6812
Contact her with your personal details (Full Name:, Address:, Sex:, Age:, Occupation:, Country:, Phone No). Alongside with your Ticket Number in other
for you to redeem your won prize.
NOTE: THAT THIS PROMO IS OPEN TO ALL EMAIL USERS AND USERS OF ANY MOBILE PHONE NOT ONLY FOR USERS OR OWNERS OF BLACKBERRY PHONE.
Thank you very much for been part of our anniversary.
Regards,
Mrs. Dolly Pointer
Co-Ordinator BLACKBERRY MOBILE PROMO
If you do not wish to receive further emails from this person, all you have to do is visit the following link to reject any future mailings: http://www.usana.com/dotCom/webMail/u2dOptOut?assocEmail=kimwilson26@usana.com
Re:
Why would someone I’ve never heard of, has no idea who I am and is in a senior position at a bank suddenly decide to send me $9m? They wouldn’t, would they? You know what they say – if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be true. All this scammer wants is your money – which they will take to pay “fees”.
Ignore them.
Greetings,
I am Mrs Edilyn M Padilla , Director Credit & Marketing, Philippine National
Bank. I have a business proposal for you what over($9Million) I am
looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the
funds as Tenure Investment Proceeds. Send to me your full names, address
and Tel, so that the attorney can start putting together the necessary
paperwork that would facilitate the release of the money to you.If
interested please reply via my Private Email: mrsedilynm1@hotmail.com
Kind regards,
Mrs Edilyn M Padilla.
I found your…
Whoever “Alla” is, you know as well as I do that you didn’t talk to her (or him!) on Facebook. S/he certainly isn’t looking for a night of passion – she’s looking for your money. Which she will happily take from you to pay for her fares/visa/anything-else-she-can-think-of. She’ll never actually arrive.
Ignore him or her.
Hello. I’am Alla. Do you remember me? We talk on facebook.
Oh ok, i’ll remind you
I’m from Russian Federation,33 y.o., I’m brown with
brown eyes, my height is 168,and my weight is 54.
I’am in your city now and i’m looking for good guy to spent one week together.
Nothing serious in relations, but i want to spend night in the men’s bed.
I think you understand me 🙂
I make i little page with more information about me with my photos, becouse a lot of websites blocked at my work.
If you would like to meet me, you can visit my page here http://indaywetrust.com.
Just search for my ID, I’m wildblackpanther.
You should sign up on this site, but it’s free. You can message me on this site.
Hope, you’ll write me!
Employment opportunity
I don’t know exactly what the scam is here. But. No company, anywhere, ever sends out thousands of random emails asking for staff. It doesn’t happen. The domain associated with the email address (engfindjob.com) was registered 3 days ago (25 June 2012) to someone called Tenisha Crabtree in New York.
Notice that this, so called, “employment opportunity” doesn’t tell you who the company are, where they are or what they do. I’m guessing this is the standard scam where you will be sent a cheque, asked to forward money to a third party and then find yourself robbed of your own money when the original cheque is withdrawn by your bank as fraudulent.
We have an excellent opportunity for an apprentice applicant to join a rapidly expanding company.
An at home Key Account Manager Position (Ref: 00192-263/1HR) is a great opportunity for stay at home parents or anyone who wants to work in the comfort of their own home.
This is a genuine offer and not to be confused with scams!
The successful candidate must have the ability to handle calls efficiently whilst maintaining the highest levels of customer service and being courteous.
Applicants must have an excellent telephone manner, have a friendly approach, excellent communication skills and be computer literate.
You must have the ability to type and talk at the same time to customers,
as you will be taking customer details over the phone and inputting data onto company database.
Requirements: computer with Internet access, valid email address, good typing skills.
If you fit the above description and meet the requirements, please apply to this ad stating your location.
You will be processing orders from your computer. How much you earn is up to you.
The average is in the region of 750 GBP- 900.00 GBP per week, depending on whether you work full or part time.
If you would like more information, please contact us stating where you are located and our job reference number – 00192-263/1HR.
Please only SERIOUS applicants.
Our contacts: Orlando@engfindjob.com
Thank You!
Your mobile number has won 750,00 pounds
This is an sms/text message scam, not an email scam. If you receive this text, delete it. You haven’t won anything and the scammer is just hoping you will fall for the scam and start sending him or her money.
“Your mobile number has won 750,00 pounds in the Blackberry UK mobile promo,for claims send email your name, mobile no & country to blackberryfor@europe.com.”
The phone numer is: +233543438437 – country code: Ghana
No Subject
The writer of this scam deserves some kind of award for creative writing. His idea of an address for the Google “Incorporation” places simultaneously in both Manchester and London – a physical impossibility. He finishes his letter by thanking me for my “corperation”. Get your hands of my business and set up your own “corperation”.
Just ignore this scammer, who would be better off returning to school and learning how to spell and write. If you reply he will start asking you to send money.
Dear Email Owner,
This email is to inform you that, you have won £850,000.00 Great British Sterling Pound GBP from Google search engine and the Google ancillary services,
For claims contact:
Contact Name: DR WILLIAM GIBSON.Contact E-mail: validate_g@blumail.org
Phone:+447011150606
with your Name, Country, sex, Age and Phone No.
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER
DR WILLIAM GIBSON
GOOGLE VALIDATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT (UK).
E-mail :validate_g@blumail.org
Google Incorporation®.
Peter House Oxford Street,
M4 6AN,Manchester.
SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom.
GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION.
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our lucky winners selected this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active use of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to this company. Google is now the world leading search engine worldwide, and in an effort to sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, an online e-mail balloting was carried out on the First Day Of the month without your knowledge, it was officially released today. We wish to formally announced to you that your email address was attached the sum of 850,000.00{Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling’s}.
We also wish to inform you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications and our satisfactory report test conducted for all our online winners. A winning Cheque will be issued in your name by Google Promotion Award Team, and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winning Cheque.
These are your award details.
Security Code Number: GUK/4532345G.
Ticket No: GUK/699/33/2012
Winning Number: GUK/877/798/2012
Information’s required from you are part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim
your won prize, please contact our Foreign Transfer Manager DR WILLIAMS GIBSON neatly filling the verification and fund release form below.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Name.
(5) Sex.
(6) Occupation.
(7) Age.
(8) Ever won an online lottery
Mode of Prize Remittance.
(1)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.
(2)Bank Transfer (Bank to Bank Transfer)
You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager DR WILLIAMS GIBSON with his private email details below to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:
***********************************************
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER
DR WILLIAMS GIBSON
GOOGLE VALIDATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT (UK).
E-mail: googleteam@vf.vc
Phone: +447011150606
**********************************************
The Google Promotion Award Team has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winnings and also sharing their identification numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The google promotion award committee has reached a decision from the headquarters at the United Kingdom that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the disqualification of the winners lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.
Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the Google interactive Lottery
Board Commission, I want to thank you for your corperation.
Yours Sincerely,
MRS. VERUMLEM KLEITH.
GOOGLE ZONAL CORDINATOR
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.
Marine Engineer Romance Scammer – Jerry Morrison
A reader contacted me a couple of days ago with her story of a romance scam. Fortunately she realised something was wrong before she was asked to send money and had the good sense to do an internet search. It didn’t take her long to find that many other people had been contacted by the same scammer (or others working the same scam).
The potential victim sent me three emails from the scammer, which I’ve reproduced below. In the third email you can see the scammer goes into great detail about his, supposed, job as a Marine Engineer. Anyone who has English as their first language should be able to tell immediately that the scammer didn’t write this. It has been copied from here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100515065034AAN8daF
I suspect that many of this scammer’s victims don’t have English as their first language and therefore cannot tell that the writing in even the first email is that of a scammer whose first language isn’t English and not of a Marine Engineer living in London.
Here are those letters:
Email 1
Dear
how are you to day hope evrything is fine. let me start by introducing my self to you. My name is Jerry Morrison i am from london. i am 42yrs born in the family of two i am the second with a sister who is married. i am a Marine engineer and will retire very soon.I am a man who loves the lord and desires to accomplish his will.I am easy going person, affectionate, have a great sense of humor, i like fun, i am open minded person, romantic at heart and believe women should be treated like queens and i love spoiling my loved one.My aspiration is to become great in life, take good care of my wife and kids as much as i can and then be the best man I can be to my family.My favorite colors is purple I like movies especially scary ones, bowling, dancing, and amusement parks anything fun… I am honest, and do not play any games, don’t have time for that. I do not like liars or cheaters.I enjoy pampering, surprising from my partner and also surprise my partner and I also love to be nurtured in return. Sensuality is important to me, some of my favorite things are the salty taste of lobster simmering in a blurred blanch sauce, the smell of the ocean mixed with suntan lotion on a summer day, the cool, velvety softness of well-worn cotton sheets on a hot summer night, the gentle touch of a lover, the beauty of a home which has been designed to be inviting and welcoming, the sound of leaves rustling beneath your feet in the Fall. I am here to look for the real woman who can bring out the best from me.A woman that will share the solid foundation of relationship with me, which is, trust, love, relationship, companion, compromise, understanding, friendship, sincere of, who has the spirit of given.A woman that know what is in my mind when she look at my face.One that will share my sorrows with me. I believe that faith can lead us to a very beautiful direction. That eventually we might end up with each other someday as we hold untold our faith. can you please tell me more about your self.
With love
Email 2
Hello xxxxxxxx,
Thank you so very much for taking out time to read my mail and also write me the email. I think i have to let you know a little about me my kind of person. I feel so blessed because a thought was channeled to my direction. Every journey is set out with a well defined destination in mind and it takes courage and conscious determination to arrive there. At this point, it obvious that am willing to set out for this journey of faith and it’s imperative that the desired destination should be well defined. I like to make something Clear as you read this. My intention should be made known early enough so that you could be able to know where am heading .
The only reason I am here and ready to devote time to make all the necessary communication is because I want a partner and desire to get closer to and see if there’s chemistry to yoke heart together because nothing works until someone work on it. What I am looking for is someone who will get to know me, who like me.. is tired of being lonely, who desires a sincere relationship, who is willing to love again irrespective of the painful memories of the past., who is willing to merge her soul with mine and her heart with mine. Someone to share and spend the rest of my life with.
You see, I feel there are few very basic but essential elements of a relationship.. (1) Identifying the need to be in a relationship (2) decision and readiness to contribute to it success 3) HONESTY (4) TRUST (5) MUTUAL RESPECT, (6)DEVOTIONAL COMMITMENT WITH A READINESS TO MAKE SACRIFICES. knowing fully well that a Gold must go through fire before it can be purified and graded
They are also to a degree sequential. I may choose First honesty and then respect. They go hand in hand and without them any type of relationship; business, personal, family, whatever, is bound to fail. Anyone who is dishonest cannot be respected. Without showing respect, He or she is unlikely to be treated with honesty. Those are fundamental to trust which like respect is earned because honesty was first and was given. When trust is built and respect is earned and they are given and shared, then love and happiness is inevitable.
When your love and trust were given, it’s more important than receiving a treasure. Then commitment becomes a part of the relationship. At that point, you promise and believe it will be forever. You can do this because you love and trust the other person and are committed to making a life to share together. I will try to be more specific. First, no one is perfect, especially me. I know this though; when the right person or person that seems right comes into your life you will know it. A connection happens and you just can’t, or won’t let go of them. Your whole life changes and all of the emptiness begin to fill up. It starts with the first touch, the first time you look into each other’s eyes, the very first time for everything becomes a moment to remember. Sometimes it happens quickly, other times it takes years. I don’t pretend to have the wisdom to explain or understand. This is certain, if you observe consciously, you will find when a person is wrong for you. I truly believe it is easier to know if someone is not right for you than to know if someone is…I guess I’ve tried. Of course you now know what my purpose of being here is, and that I am willing to nurture this friendship to grow in the direction of a rewarding and a long lasting if not and everlasting relationship in all sincerity. Now are you in the same train?
Regards,
Jerry
Email 3
Sweetie i got your mail the content is well noted baby, I am very cool and nice does not talk too much. I was born on 23rd of may 1968 I met my late wife in supermarket were I buy things and we started chatting when ever talking on phone and exchanging massages, six months later we got married and she died three years ago, i have a sister who is married with 3 kids now 2 boys and a girl, Last year I have a girl friend whom we broke up last year due to her cheat. So I decide to go through online dating to see what destiny have got for me there, the first day I saw your pic on the site I was very happy and amazed and my heart tells me that you are the woman for me. that’s why I told you to close down you profile on the site so that we wont have any second party. I need you in my life to marry and to grow old with you. You are the perfect woman for me and I really will appreciate It if we can conclude everything as soon as possible and made arrangement for yu to come over and meet my sister.
About my job we design, operate, maintain, and repair the mechanical systems of ships. Working closely with the architect who designs the ship structure, a marine engineer designs the propulsion, auxiliary power machinery, and other equipment needed to run the ship. Most we are been called for a contract by private firms that build ships or make the equipment used in them. A few engineers do freelance work as consultants to these firms. Some are civilians employed by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea System Command.we specialize in certain kinds of equipment such as pumps, engines, gears, heaters, or deck machinery. Others concentrate on certain steps in shipbuilding, such as estimating the cost of the equipment needed. Still others may deal largely with one area of a ship’s functions, such as lubrication. Marine engineers may also be inspectors. Inspectors make sure that the equipment works properly before the ship is launched. Some engineers specialize in the repair and maintenance of a ship when it is in dry dock.we are sometimes responsible for installing equipment in ships. They may, for example, supervise the crews that install electrical equipment. Others may be in charge of crews that build heating and cooling systems to protect the cargo. When marine engineers design systems within a ship, they must make sure that these systems cannot be damaged during an ocean voyage.Some marine engineers work with ship officers who train crews to operate the ship’s equipment at sea. These engineers may also help officers select tools and spare parts that may be needed for emergency repairs. Some marine engineers write technical reports and manuals for other engineers and for members of a ship’s crew. My journey in life is to make my name very poular well know in the world let say as the best marine engineer in the whol world which i believe that i will be. i have been in thes for more than 12 years and i travel alot i now want to stay an settle down with my family and bring up my children. You have known everything you will have to know about me is now left for you to decide if these relationship will work out between us, but if you ask me i will tell you that you are the perfect woman for me when i saw your pic i felt something for you very special, i just hope and belive you will give me the chance to be with you and have you forever in my heart, i need some one i can trust some that will love me from the dept of her heart i believe that you have the quality, Distance will never be a problem as long as we can trust love and be commitment to each other always and everyday. also i will be happy if we both will remove our profile from the site and face our relationship to see were it leads us to.
Baby please give your heart to take care of it and pamper it like mine. The way I felt for you when i saw your picture I have not felt that way to any woman before in my life before.
Please have my heart please. lets get to know each other more before we can meet.
You can reach me on +447858836911 / +447031894668
Waiting to hera from you soon
Jerry
ALL IS NOT OVER YET (Read the attached file below).
You have to admire the utter b******t that some scammers come up with. If you actually follow the link to the UN website given by this scammer it takes you to a page that tells you the compensation fund’s ” mandate is to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damage suffered as a direct result of Iraq’s unlawful invasion and occupation ofKuwait. ” It has nothing to do with lottery organisations or anything else. It also ceased to exist in 2007.
You know as well as I do that you don’t have an unpaid contract or inheritance being dealt with by the “Union Bank”.
This scammer is after your money and will happily take as much as you are willing to send him. Ignore him.
Position opening in your area
No company anywhere sends out random emails offering you large salaries and commission if they don’t even know who you are.
If you make the mistake of replying the scammer will make a fraudulent deposit into your bank account. They will ask you to deduct your “salary” and “commission” and then ask you to forward the balance to them. After you’ve done this, the original deposit will be withdrawn from your bank as fraudulent and you will be left out of pocket, with no way of getting back the money you sent to the scammer.
Clearly no-one has told this scammer that Kermit is a frog.
I would like to take this time to welcome you to our hiring process
and give you a brief synopsis of the position’s benefits and requirements.
If you are taking a career break, are on a maternity leave,
recently retired or simply looking for some part-time job, this position is for you.
Occupation: Flexible schedule 2 to 8 hours per day. We can guarantee a minimum 20 hrs/week occupation
Salary: Starting salary is 2000 GBP per month plus commission, paid every month.
Business hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, MON-FRI, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM SAT or part time (UK time).
Region: United Kingdom.
Please note that there are no startup fees or deposits to start working for us.
To request an application form, schedule your interview and receive more information about this position
please reply to Kermit@newengwork.com with your personal identification number for this position IDNO: 0952
eBay Sellers (part time work) big sallary
This is an advert that appeared on a site advertising freelance jobs. A contact of mine nearly got taken in by it, but realised in time that he was about to become the victim of a scam and didn’t complete the transaction.
He was asked to list an expensive camera on Ebay. The item was sold and he was asked to receive the money from the unsuspecting buyer, keep 30% for himself and forward the rest. This was when alarm bells started to ring for him. He wanted to be sure that the goods were received by the buyer before forwarding the balance of the money.
The scammer gave him a link to a website. The website belongs to a genuine company, so I won’t list it here. The scammer used the name of the company’s director but, and this one of the crucial points, was using a livemail email address NOT the real company email address. My contact telephoned the company who knew about the scammer.
Think about it before you fall for a scam like this. Why would ANY company anywhere ask for people from anywhere in the world to list goods on Ebay for a large percentage? They wouldn’t, would they. If that had that much money to give away and that many goods to list, they would employ someone to use it and use their own Ebay account.
Don’t get taken in by this scammer. You will lose your Ebay account and, worse still, a large amount of money when the angry buyer reverses the transaction through Paypal for non receipt of the goods.
My contact had completed the first auction. Wisely, he has refunded the buyer before falling for the request to forward money to the scammer.
We are a Company from United Kingdom , we want to hire eBay Seller’s who have good feedbacks and experience in sales on Ebay from all over the world to help us empty our stock .We need eBay Sellers who can sell without limits on eBay and have PayPal Accounts also
We will show you in case you will become our partner our VAT Certificate and our Incorporation documents so you will be sure that we are serious and genuine .
Other terms regarding our partnership will be discussed in private .
You can win minimum $1000 per week and maximum $3000 , we can offer refereances from other eBay Sellers who work with us or worked in the past